[geeks] just to stir things up, a few predictions

[Phil Stracchino]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 06:44:26PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> You case a primary vote, and then you can case a yes/no approval
> vote for each candidate.
> 
> For example, suppose the republican voters split between republican and
> libertarian (which actually happens a lot).  They would cast approval
> for republican and libertarian, but not democrat.
> 
> That way of the democrat wins popular vote, but doesn't get the approval
> vote, he cannot take office.  At this point there are various methods
> which can be used to break the tie.  Many countries already do something
> like this and it seems to work pretty well, though it doesn't often
> require voting twice.

I can't imagine this working in the US.  The vast majority of voters
would still vote a straight party ticket with *both* votes, and god
forbid they should cast an approval vote for anyone BUT their party.
The average American voter has become very attached to his tunnel
vision.



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