[EM] Re: To Bill Lewis Clark re: stepping-stone

[Forest Simmons]

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Bill Lewis Clark wrote:

> Bill Lewis Clark wrote:
>
> >> Number of potential presidential candidates supporting IRV: 2
> >> (Dean and Kucinich)
>
> >> Number of potential presidential candidates supporting Condorcet: 0
>
> Rob LeGrand added:
>
> > Number of potential presidential candidates supporting Approval: 1
> > (Badnarik)
>
> That's great!
>
> Unfortunately, this qualification of my original statement trumps it:
>
> Number of potential presidential candidates FROM A MAJOR PARTY supporting
> IRV: 2
>

Candidates don't always stick by their campaign promises.  A candidate
that says she supports IRV might easily switch to Approval or Condorcet
if somebody explains them to her after she wins the election.

Forest