[Election-Methods] Top 5 Primary Election

2007-12-28 Thread Don&Cathy Hoffard
In this Example I will uses the 2008 US Presidential Election only to illustrate a point - you could assume a state Senators race We currently have about 25 candidates running for President of the United States. 9 Democrats 9 Republicans 3 (assumed) Green 2 (assumed) Libertarian 2 (assumed

Re: [Election-Methods] Top 5 primary

2007-12-28 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:30:08 -0800 Don&Cathy Hoffard wrote: > Dave Ketchum Said > > >Best to leave US Presidential out of this debate because of its > peculiarities. Time enough to go there once the basic topic is resolved > for general use. > > > > >Also matters that Plurality is the

[Election-Methods] Top 5 primary

2007-12-27 Thread Don&Cathy Hoffard
Dave Ketchum Said >Best to leave US Presidential out of this debate because of its peculiarities. Time enough to go there once the basic topic is resolved for general use. >Also matters that Plurality is the major election method in the US. Plurality DESPERATELY needs Primaries to try to av

Re: [Election-Methods] Top 5 Primary

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Ketchum
Best to leave US Presidential out of this debate because of its peculiarities. Time enough to go there once the basic topic is resolved for general use. Also matters that Plurality is the major election method in the US. Plurality DESPERATELY needs Primaries to try to avoid parties having mul

Re: [Election-Methods] Top 5 Primary

2007-12-27 Thread Juho
On Dec 27, 2007, at 22:39 , Don&Cathy Hoffard wrote: In this example I will uses the 2008 US Presidential Election only to illustrate a point - you could assume a state Governor or Senators race We currently have about 25 candidates running for President of the United States. 9 Democr

[Election-Methods] Top 5 Primary

2007-12-27 Thread Don&Cathy Hoffard
In this example I will uses the 2008 US Presidential Election only to illustrate a point - you could assume a state Governor or Senators race We currently have about 25 candidates running for President of the United States. 9 Democrats 9 Republicans 3 (assumed) Green 2 (assumed) Libertarian