[EM] Russ´s Better-Than-Expectaton derivation (was "no subject")

[Russ Paielli]

Folks,

If you have some extra time, please read the following exchange and let 
me know if you understand what Mike is trying to say. Thanks.

--Russ

MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp-at-hotmail.com |EMlist| wrote:
> 
> I´d said:
> 
>> So the voter using that strategy votes for a candidate if that 
>> candidate is so good that s/he would rather have that candidate in 
>> office than hold the election.
> 
> 
> Russ replied:
> 
> You never answered my question about what it would mean to not "hold the
> election."
> 
> I reply:
> 
> That´s correct. I didn´t reply because the answer is so obvious.
> 
> Russ continues:
> 
> Does that mean the incumbent stays in office, or does it mean
> that the government ends and anarchy begins?
> 
> I reply:
> 
> What did I say? :-)
> 
> Let me walk you through this, Russ:
> 
>> So the voter using that strategy votes for a candidate if that 
>> candidate is so good that s/he would rather have that candidate in 
>> office than hold the election.
> 
> 
> I didn´t say that the voter would rather have the incumbant in office, 
> or no one at all in office. What did I say? I said if the voter would 
> rather have that candidate in office than hold the election. Not the 
> incumbant, not no one in office, but that candidate in office.
> 
> Nor did I say that the voter has the power to put that candidate into 
> office instead of holding the election. I merely said if that voter 
> would rather have that candidate in office than hold the election.