Ranked voting systems permit the voter to select multiple candidates, indicating an order of preference.
Although instant runoff is more popular and Condorcet is the most “accurate”, I prefer approval voting as a pragmatic solution that is more supportive of third-party candidates. (I, personally, would love to vote Libertarian for representative legislators, without feeling I […]
Category Archives: politics
ranked voting
October 9, 2004 – 2:19 pm
2004 Presidential candidates
September 18, 2004 – 9:37 pm
This is a fun one.
My SelectSmart.com matches:
Candidate
Party
Match
Cobb, David
Green Party
60%
Nader, Ralph
Independent
60%
Badnarik, Michael
Libertarian
58%
Kerry, Senator John, MA
Democrat
57%
Brown, Walt
Socialist Party
51%)
Bush, President George W.
Republican
27%
Peroutka, Michael
Constitution Party
19%
But Kerry gets the vote I’m casting against Bush, since we don’t have ranked voting in Missouri.
Deutschland uber alles
April 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
This morning I foolishly responded to Chris, the local SUV-driving, suburban-dwelling “patriot,” when he asked if I supported the war now that chemical weapons had been found (according to rumor.) I asserted that, no, even if we found dozens of nuclear ICBMs aimed at American soil, I would never grant the unilateral nature of […]
Against everyone
April 2, 2003 – 12:00 am
Posted by moi at insteadofwar.org:
Both sides of this issue have plenty of people who are an embarrassment to their peers.
…but in Steven’s defense, being anti-war does not require being a pacifist any more than it requires anti-military sentiment.
I agree with Slo on this last point. Voluntary service does not mean that every […]
Go USA!
March 20, 2003 – 12:00 am
At the peace rally this evening, a meta-protester was marching behind the crowd with a megaphone exclaiming “Go U.S.A.” quite repetitively.
The child next to me eventually asked his father, “Is the man yelling back there for or against the war?” He appeared genuinely confused.
So am I.