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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: OT Politics Re: Three Body Problem
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Paul S Person wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 16:48:32 -0500, "Jay E. Morris"
> <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/24/2024 2:37 PM, BCFD 36 wrote:
>>>> IOW, if it were the popular vote that counted, 2016 would have seen a
>>>> runoff election [1] exactly two choices: Hillary and Trump. The
>>>> expectation being that one or the other would get more that 50% of the
>>>> votes.
>>>
>>> Only if that is how the election laws were written. I think it would be
>>> wildly impractical to hold multiple national elections.
>>>
>>
>> Which is why some are advocating for a ranked voting system.
> 
> Which the citizens of Alaska, IIRC, will shortly be voting on ...
> prohibiting, having had actual experience with it.
> 
> It must be pretty stinky to get enough people to sign an initiative to
> prohibit it.
> 

It worked very well in London, Ontario and while some of my best friends 
live in London, I don't think that on the whole the population is much 
smarter than average.

The conservative provincial government then forbid it, offering as usual 
no actual reason.

Joke was on them, though, because the old system delivered us a very 
left wing Toronto mayor, while ranked voting would have let in a 
conservative (the conservative vote total was higher, but split).

And though I personally prefer the mayor we have, it is clear that in 
this election the will of the people was not reflected in the result.

If you want to, just vote for the candidate of your choice, leave the 
rest blank.  Or rank them 1,2,3.  I don't see how that's hard.


William Hyde