>Political scientists with a game-theoretical bent have been talking >about this for a long, long time.
this reminds me of our california governer election - and boy, was this hashed out pretty good. this, IMHO, is THE answer: [flash req'd] http://www.chrisgates.net/irv/ lame text version for those non-flash users: http://www.fairvote.org/irv/a_fairer_way.htm anyway, it's instant runoff elections. they make all the sense in the world, and they prevent the "clinton wins because of bush voters voting for perot" problem (if you think it was a problem) we had in 1992. of course, there is a question about the usefulness of pete ashdown even running for senate in the first place. if he's really serious, it seems like he should maybe start out running for city council, then maybe after a few years run for mayor, then consider national politics. or if he's not really serious about politics, maybe he should just take out a full page ad in the new york times stating his political ideas, and then donate the rest of his would-be campaign money to aids orphans in africa or something actually useful. my $.02 [with my 135-candidate-california-governer-recall-election-baggage] Josh Coates www.jcoates.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jonathan Ellis Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:24 PM To: Joel Shellman; Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Pete Ashdown for Utah Senator in 2006 On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:56:41 -0400, "Joel Shellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 7/11/05, Topher Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ya, but why would you want to waste your vote on a third-party candidate? > > (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.) > > Has there been anyone with any reasonable amount of notice or > influence that has suggested changing the absurd one person one vote > system we currently have? Political scientists with a game-theoretical bent have been talking about this for a long, long time. Of course switching to approval voting or any of the alternatives will never happen, because the biggest losers would be exactly those who have the most power currently. -Jonathan .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `===================================' .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
