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Lack of electability is a poor reason not to vote for someone. The cool thing about elections is the person with the most votes wins regardless of how electable

by eli 11y ago

Lack of electability is a poor reason not to vote for someone. The cool thing about elections is the person with the most votes wins regardless of how electable they seem. There are much better reasons not to vote for McAfee

shalmanese 11y ago
With a first past the post election system, lack of electability is a very good reason not to vote for someone as that vote subtracts one vote from a candidate who has a realistic chance of winning. This wouldn't be as big of a problem in a runoff style voting system.
- mindcrime 11y ago
  With a first past the post election system, lack of electability is a very good reason not to vote for someone as that vote subtracts one vote from a candidate who has a realistic chance of winning. Not if you would have simply chosen not to vote at all otherwise. Nobody is entitled to my vote, and every candidate has an equal opportunity to earn that vote. Somebody will, most won't. If nobody does, I won't vote. And I'm not the only person who operates this way. This wouldn't be as big of a problem in a runoff style voting system. I'd love to see us adopt Approval voting, but I'm not holding my breath.
  - ClayShentrup 11y ago
    www.electology.org/approval-voting
- eli 11y ago
  Everyone has a realistic chance of winning if enough people vote for them.
mindcrime 11y ago
Lack of electability is a poor reason not to vote for someone. The cool thing about elections is the person with the most votes wins regardless of how electable they seem. You're talking to somebody who has been voting Libertarian since 1996 and who ran for Lieutenant Governor of NC as a Libertarian in 2008. You don't have to tell me that "Lack of electability is a poor reason not to vote for someone". I'm just observing that McAfee is going to have a VERY difficult time with this, not telling people not to support him. My own willingness to support him would hinge on a better understanding of his positions and principles, and how favorable I find those to be, relative to the other candidates. There are much better reasons not to vote for McAfee I'm sure there are. :-) I'm going to be very curious to see what kind of into on McAfee emerges as this unfolds, if he's serious about this.
ClayShentrup 11y ago
The problem is, common voting methods fail the Favorite Betrayal Criterion. http://scorevoting.net/FBCsurvey.html http://scorevoting.net/FBCsurvey.html

by eli 11y ago

shalmanese 11y ago

With a first past the post election system, lack of electability is a very good reason not to vote for someone as that vote subtracts one vote from a candidate who has a realistic chance of winning. This wouldn't be as big of a problem in a runoff style voting system.

mindcrime 11y ago
With a first past the post election system, lack of electability is a very good reason not to vote for someone as that vote subtracts one vote from a candidate who has a realistic chance of winning. Not if you would have simply chosen not to vote at all otherwise. Nobody is entitled to my vote, and every candidate has an equal opportunity to earn that vote. Somebody will, most won't. If nobody does, I won't vote. And I'm not the only person who operates this way. This wouldn't be as big of a problem in a runoff style voting system. I'd love to see us adopt Approval voting, but I'm not holding my breath.
- ClayShentrup 11y ago
  www.electology.org/approval-voting
eli 11y ago
Everyone has a realistic chance of winning if enough people vote for them.

mindcrime 11y ago

Lack of electability is a poor reason not to vote for someone. The cool thing about elections is the person with the most votes wins regardless of how electable they seem. You're talking to somebody who has been voting Libertarian since 1996 and who ran for Lieutenant Governor of NC as a Libertarian in 2008. You don't have to tell me that "Lack of electability is a poor reason not to vote for someone". I'm just observing that McAfee is going to have a VERY difficult time with this, not telling people not to support him. My own willingness to support him would hinge on a better understanding of his positions and principles, and how favorable I find those to be, relative to the other candidates. There are much better reasons not to vote for McAfee I'm sure there are. :-) I'm going to be very curious to see what kind of into on McAfee emerges as this unfolds, if he's serious about this.

ClayShentrup 11y ago

The problem is, common voting methods fail the Favorite Betrayal Criterion. http://scorevoting.net/FBCsurvey.html http://scorevoting.net/FBCsurvey.html