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It's worth noting that the consequences of random election are not "the crazy party gets into power". It's "the crazy party gets a couple of seats". The chances
by DRMacIver 15y ago
It's worth noting that the consequences of random election are not "the crazy party gets into power". It's "the crazy party gets a couple of seats". The chances of someone with even 5% of the election are astronomically low (http://twitter.com/johnmyleswhite/status/62863260566827008 http://twitter.com/johnmyleswhite/status/62863260566827008 - the probability of someone with a 5% minority getting the majority over the course of 50 elections).
The likely scenario here is that your crazy party gets 1, maybe 2, seats at the worst and promptly demonstrate themselves to be incompetent tools, spoiling their chances of reelection.
- lyudmil 15y agoI don't think that's what the author was describing. I think it was a case of everyone gets a vote, then we pick someones vote at random.