tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post9104280627790451463..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: Divided Government and Independent Strategyd.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-57951337300945976422011-03-10T15:38:40.416-05:002011-03-10T15:38:40.416-05:00SK, the "though" was meant as a transiti...SK, the "though" was meant as a transition from the first comment regarding the DWS blog, on which I slightly disagreed with you, to the part on low voter turnout, which I just wanted to re-emphasize. <br /><br />re: subscribing to comments, at the bottom of the post page, below the "post comment," "home" and "older post" links there is a "subscribe tod.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-81065360733508515062011-03-10T14:09:26.136-05:002011-03-10T14:09:26.136-05:00"Sol, I like the WSD blog, and think he's..."Sol, I like the WSD blog, and think he's started up a good discussion. imo, though, low-voter turnout has reached a point of crisis, which is one of the reasons I support open primaries. In closed primary states with low voter turnout, it is possible or even normal that the major party candidates are chosen by 5-7% of registered voters."<br /><br />What do you mean by 'though&#Solomon Kleinsmithhttp://www.riseofthecenter.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-21340757594799522422011-03-06T18:46:55.009-05:002011-03-06T18:46:55.009-05:00sorry about the lost messages. Blogger has eaten ...sorry about the lost messages. Blogger has eaten a handful of my comments over the years as well, which can be very annoying if you put a bunch of time and thought into the comment.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-19053421608631435742011-03-06T11:39:49.631-05:002011-03-06T11:39:49.631-05:00Ok - it happened again. My reply was here and then...Ok - it happened again. My reply was here and then disappeared. I assume it is in your spam folder. Not sure what is going on, but in any case, I give up. <br /><br />I have a copy of it this time and instead I'll update the post on my blog with my reply.mwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-1732580503122542292011-03-06T01:28:00.010-05:002011-03-06T01:28:00.010-05:00Hmmm. I wrote a long response which I don't s...Hmmm. I wrote a long response which I don't see here. I hope it is in your moderation/spam folder.mwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-29486272373388055562011-03-06T01:24:35.427-05:002011-03-06T01:24:35.427-05:00On a lighter note, I see that you refer to my blog...On a lighter note, I see that you refer to my blog as <i>We Stand Divided</i> or WSD. That is a new acronym for me. I understand where you get it, as the url for my blog is westanddivided.blogspot.com. That is an artifact of the fact that dividedwestand.blogspot was already taken. Interestingly (to me) others have interpreted my blogspot id as <i>West And Divided</i> since I am located on the mwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-21698506638391824102011-03-05T17:28:53.000-05:002011-03-05T17:28:53.000-05:00Most electoral alternatives to the exclusive use o...Most electoral alternatives to the exclusive use of FPTP help improve on our current situation.<br /><br />IRV works okay, unless there are three or more viable candidates and that is less likely in our current system.<br /><br />But with our current system, if we got lots of local groups of folks to commit to vote quasi-strategically together on behalf of moderate common-sense goals then it DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279441985086959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-32218735962279688782011-03-04T17:42:11.317-05:002011-03-04T17:42:11.317-05:00Sol, I like the WSD blog, and think he's start...Sol, I like the WSD blog, and think he's started up a good discussion. imo, though, low-voter turnout has reached a point of crisis, which is one of the reasons I support open primaries. In closed primary states with low voter turnout, it is possible or even normal that the major party candidates are chosen by 5-7% of registered voters. <br /><br />As a reformed non-voter, I've never d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-20220599284716648062011-03-04T17:28:23.637-05:002011-03-04T17:28:23.637-05:00Dale, indeed. You convinced me on that point some...Dale, indeed. You convinced me on that point some time ago. I even made a plea for people to inform themselves about approval voting during the open forum session at the CUIP/Indy voting conference in NYC a few weeks back.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-41088644681859457412011-03-04T01:49:21.741-05:002011-03-04T01:49:21.741-05:00Yeah, I ignored the part of his post where he vomi...Yeah, I ignored the part of his post where he vomited that garbage about independents can't vote for one of the two major parties.<br /><br />Sometimes there are actually good candidates who are moderate to vote for. Should I do so, that doesn't make me less of an independent, it just means I'm voting for the best candidate I see.<br /><br />And you're right about the huge swath Solomon Kleinsmithhttp://www.riseofthecenter.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-48661003920227089852011-03-03T20:38:18.434-05:002011-03-03T20:38:18.434-05:00I'm sure you can guess my response to this.
I...I'm sure you can guess my response to this.<br /><br />If you want independents--or moderates or centrist or whatever you want to call them--elected, then consensus-seeking election methods are absolutely necessary. Either single-winner elections with approval or range voting, or a method of proportional representation. Anything else favors voices toward the extremes. Even if 80%* of voters Dale Sheldon-Hesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974707193305445403noreply@blogger.com