[ER] Re: Revealing the Majority Winner
Mike Ositoff
ntk at netcom.com
Sun Nov 15 05:25:36 PST 1998
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> Greetings,
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> Bart Ingles wrote:
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> "If the first choice doesn't mean more than lower choices, why do we all seem
> to agree that a candidate with 50.1% of the first choice vote should win over
> someone with 100% of the second choice vote?"
This has been answered by several people, but Don didn't listen.
Talking without listening is his usual practice.
A candidate with 50.1% of the 1st choice vote is would beat
any other candidate in a 2-way race. Has a majority over each
one of the other candidates.
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> The general public believes 50%+1 is the majority winner and they
> would shout Mike-O and Demorep down if those two would even suggest
Why would they shout me down, since I agree with them. The only
difference is that you believe in "majorities" that are
manufactured by your method's rules. Won't you pay some attention
to the number of people who've tried to explain that to you?
Mike Ossipoff
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