tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post1119086412473401717..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: A Rough Guide to the Third Party and Independent Blogosphered.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-45830916231426532802020-09-24T17:49:07.212-04:002020-09-24T17:49:07.212-04:00Independent parties are too fragmented to make an ...Independent parties are too fragmented to make an impact<a href="https://ExpertComptableNantes.com" rel="nofollow"> .. </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-91616096629400103502011-08-22T14:15:03.875-04:002011-08-22T14:15:03.875-04:00make that, "the latter only requires the use ...make that, "the latter <i>only</i> requires the use of 3-5 seat forms of PR for "more local" elections. <br /><br />Clay, when are you going to accept that most folks simply don't buy that BR analysis of election rules settles the matter? FairVote has a marketing and first-mover advantage in its advocacy for IRV. And as I learned from "Majority Judgment", IRV, or DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279441985086959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-31852318802932582452011-08-22T14:03:49.844-04:002011-08-22T14:03:49.844-04:00Pete and Clay,
To break or to shake the duopoly is...Pete and Clay,<br />To break or to shake the duopoly is the question.<br />The former is damn hard, <a href="http://anewkindofparty.blogspot.com/2011/08/tis-gift-to-know-what-you-want-to-be.html" rel="nofollow">as indicated by the quality research by Dale Sheldon Hess</a>. <br />The latter requires the use of 3-5 seat forms of Proportional Representation for "more local" elections, as DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279441985086959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-27002856128663358712011-08-21T01:32:37.516-04:002011-08-21T01:32:37.516-04:00Pete Healey,
You don't get PR to break up duo...Pete Healey,<br /><br />You don't get PR to break up duopoly. You have to break up duopoly in order to get PR. And doing that requires switching to Score Voting or Approval Voting for single-winner elections.<br />http://asitoughttobe.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/score-voting/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-83783785280103285822011-08-20T21:37:53.867-04:002011-08-20T21:37:53.867-04:00@Anonymous,
Third parties don't need a "u...@Anonymous,<br />Third parties don't need a "unifying structure" so much as they need to advance a principle like PR, which would break the duopoly and bring them all to the political stage on roughly equal footing. <br />I see no other way for third parties to work together or to win any gains for themselves except for fighting for proportional politics.Pete Healeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-33444326775829331572011-08-20T11:54:10.202-04:002011-08-20T11:54:10.202-04:00Independent parties are too fragmented to make an ...Independent parties are too fragmented to make an impact. These small factions need a "meta" party structure to unify everyone under one umbrella.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-40488112536476706332010-10-21T13:36:21.231-04:002010-10-21T13:36:21.231-04:00the Independent Party of Oregon???the Independent Party of Oregon???feeshttp://down2load.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-25773244883072693212010-02-28T12:17:27.717-05:002010-02-28T12:17:27.717-05:00What a great resource, thank you for posting these...What a great resource, thank you for posting these links.Contrariohttp://contrarioblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-35399883878693563342010-01-04T23:46:47.918-05:002010-01-04T23:46:47.918-05:00America's Third Party has a nightly video chat...America's Third Party has a nightly video chat at <a href="http://www.blogtv.com/people/americasthirdparty" rel="nofollow">blog TV</a>. David Jon Sponheim is running for President under <a href="http://www.americasthirdparty.com" rel="nofollow">America's Third Party</a> for 2012. We welcome all Third Party members and Independents to the discussion. Thank you for this blog posting. I willAmerica's Third Partyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15793542725779978165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-25940361877224489542009-08-15T04:56:30.534-04:002009-08-15T04:56:30.534-04:00Thanks for the update and correction Kevin, I'...Thanks for the update and correction Kevin, I'll put it in the next revision. The new site looks good.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-80634829557495283922009-08-14T22:49:52.186-04:002009-08-14T22:49:52.186-04:00Actually, you mention me as the State Party Secret...Actually, you mention me as the State Party Secretary in Massachusetts. I am now living in Wisconsin and part of the party there. I do not have any official title other than member.<br />I have begun a blog for the Constitution Party here in Rock County, Wisconsin - http://rockcountycp.wordpress.com. I started it about two weeks ago.Kevin Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352873557825965224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-65888178648899377742009-08-03T01:43:32.843-04:002009-08-03T01:43:32.843-04:00thank you...will bookmark many of thesethank you...will bookmark many of theseMichael B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-12829211310457924742009-08-02T13:40:07.688-04:002009-08-02T13:40:07.688-04:00Great round-up! Thanks for the mention -- cross po...Great round-up! Thanks for the mention -- cross posted at The HanksterNancy Hankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428253702914703243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-81625572631076209542009-07-29T23:40:59.463-04:002009-07-29T23:40:59.463-04:00Thanks for this post, a good reference.Thanks for this post, a good reference.Septimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00972618477470689906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-39580670860949670382009-07-29T17:50:55.792-04:002009-07-29T17:50:55.792-04:00Ladder, yes, I've seen some good criticism of ...Ladder, yes, I've seen some good criticism of Fair Vote from the range voting front, via Least of All Evils. <br /><br />Derek, thanks for the tip, I wasn't familiar with Irregular Times.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-60614162170072754482009-07-29T15:01:57.124-04:002009-07-29T15:01:57.124-04:00The Irregular Times is a pretty decent source of i...The <a href="http://irregulartimes.com/" rel="nofollow">Irregular Times</a> is a pretty decent source of independent progressive news. Check it outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-68563586214054502072009-07-29T14:29:03.850-04:002009-07-29T14:29:03.850-04:00Be wary of FairVote. FairVote leader Rob Richie, a...Be wary of FairVote. FairVote leader Rob Richie, as well as most other notable spokespeople working for or affiliated with FairVote, have a reputation for being extremely incompetent as well as being incorrigibly dishonest. Here's a breakdown by Princeton math Ph.D. and voting methods expert Warren D. Smith.<br /><br />http://scorevoting.net/Irvtalk.html<br /><br />http://scorevoting.net/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-51836806510558837452009-07-29T13:35:00.386-04:002009-07-29T13:35:00.386-04:00ha, oh yeah, and I just mentioned them in a post o...ha, oh yeah, and I just mentioned them in a post on Oregon's new fusion law the other day. Thanks anon.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-71744626593110992009-07-29T11:38:48.898-04:002009-07-29T11:38:48.898-04:00You failed to note the webiste and blog of the Ind...You failed to note the webiste and blog of the Independent Party of Oregon, at www.indparty.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com