[EM] Robert Winters quotation on Droop

[David Catchpole]

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Donald E Davison wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> Robert Winters, who is active in a Preference Voting city, said:
>       "You will generally always find PR advocates who want to push for
> "their party" or "their interest" favoring Droop.
> 
>     <B>I feel that a true, unbiased proportionalist should favor the Hare
> Quota.</B>
> 
>        Living in Cambridge MA gives me a bit of an advantage in this
> regard, since we can illustrate with real data and experience that it is
> the case that ideological slates and constituencies of higher socioeconomic
> status receive an advantage with the Droop Quota. Independent candidates
> and working class people (who inevitably vote shorter ballots) are
> disadvantaged by Droop."
> 
> Robert Winters

This is untrue and I challenge anyone to come up with empirical evidence
to that effect.