Re: [EM] Campaign issue: wv vs m

2001-04-15 Thread Martin Harper
MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote: And remember that exactly equal-rated candidates isn't common when people know things about all the candidates. There may be some candidates between whom I don't bother expressing preferences. But then it's my equal ranking of them that's insincere, by laziness. If I

[EM] Campaign issue: wv vs m

2001-04-14 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
Rob wrote: But when it comes to margins vs. winning-votes (also known as votes-against or defeat-support), I don't think strategy turns out to be an issue, unfortunately, because winning-votes doesn't actually get around the problem. Under winning-votes, a voter can order sincere ties in