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NotQuiteSane
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notageek
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Excellent poll is excellent.
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dmitchell
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56% vote third party or don't vote.
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notageek
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| dmitchell wrote: | | 56% vote third party |
Makes sense. | dmitchell wrote: | | ...or don't vote. |
Doesn't make sense. 50% of 44% decides your president.
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NotQuiteSane
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| notageek wrote: | | dmitchell wrote: | | ...or don't vote. |
Doesn't make sense. 50% of 44% decides your president. |
Still makes sense, logically. It's just questionable as to the wisdom of not voting.
But... Assuming that it only requires 22% to win, that means a third party could win with as little as 22.01% of the vote.
This is also wy I think exhaustive or ranked votming systems are better
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notageek
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Your elections are a game of pure numbers. Simple.
In any case about 50% vote anyway and the higher turnout of supporters of one of the parties decides your election.
Moot point to argue but yeah...
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| NotQuiteSane wrote: | | It's just questionable as to the wisdom of not voting. |
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