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

[Phil Stracchino]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 11:29:26AM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Wed, 27 Oct 2004 @ 19:53 -0400, Phil Stracchino said:
> > I can't imagine this working in the US.  The vast majority of voters
> > would still vote a straight party ticket with *both* votes, 
> 
> No, it's one vote per candidate.  If they don't vote outside their party
> then they only vote once.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> But that is the whole point of the proposed system.  It allows them to
> continue as they were, and allows those who want to vote outside of
> party lines to do so without the current risk.
> 
> In other words, you can try to elect someone else without effectively
> voting for someone you do not want in office.

Um.......   OK, then the opnly possible conclusion is that I didn't
understand your explanation of how it works.

> Many times the winning candidate is disliked by the majority, and it's
> because the voting system doesn't allow you to show what you want.

Yup ... STV systems and ranking systems are good ways of avoiding this
and allowing selection of the candidate most acceptable to the largest
number of voters.  But I apparently just don't see how the approval-vote
works.


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