[EM] Vermont's Two Member Districts

[Bart Ingles]

It's hard to believe that Plurality-At-Large could produce those
results.  I wonder how?

Maybe other factors are at work, such as limited resources.  If you have
52% Democrats and 48% Republicans, you would expect P.A.L. to elect two
Democrats, i.e. the results should come out D-D-R-R.  But if you
consider competition for cash, volunteers, air time, media/public
attention, etc., it may be that either party is better off putting most
of its eggs in one basket.  This would give you D-R-D-R.

If the Democrats in this example tried to promote both candidates
equally, the lead candidate could lose position, i.e. R-D-D-R.  This
might be worth a try for the Dems (if they know for sure they are in the
lead), but the Republicans are better off concentrating on one
candidate, in order to keep at least one seat.

Bart