Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 1, 2000, 6:25 |
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Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> If I understand you correctly, does this mean that you would advocate a
> system where everyone, say, marks candidates in order of preference?
The biggest problem is dishonesty - Republicans would put Bush first and
Gore last, and Democrats would put Gore first and Bush last, so neither
Bush nor Gore would win, but, say, Nader, from all the 2nd and 3rd place
votes!
This is called the Borda (IIRC) system.
It is, however, the system used in voting for college football teams.
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