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Kristofer:<br>You wrote:<br><pre> <br>Yes, that could work for Democrats and those who don't want to vote for <br>the lesser evil. The poll does seem to have a rather large number of <br>people who go "this is a liberal plot to swindle the election from us", <br>though.<br><br>and<br><br>the "tribalist counting <br>coup" guys who are going "okay, I know Approval is a Democrat plot<br><br>[endquote]<br><br>I think that the best answer to that "Democrat plot" argument is to say:<br><br>"Republicans have lost elections because of non-Republican conservative spoilers.<br>Only you can say whether you consider that important, and a reason for you to support<br>Approval. I can't speak to that issue. Of course you're welcome to support Approval if<br>the answer is yes.<br><br>"What I can tell you is that many, many Democrat voters report that they're holding their<br>nose to vote for a "lesser-of-2-evils", whom they don't really like or want. There are a lot<br>of such people. If they, and only they, want to be able to approve the candidates whom they <br>like better than their distasteful compromise, including their favorites,<br>and if they therefore support Approval, that will be enough.<br><br>"No, I'm not favoring the Democrat voters. I'm just frankly stating that they're likely to<br>be Approval's best customers."<br><br>Approval will benefit those who suffer the worst from Plurality's faults. If that's the Democrat<br>voters, then the Republicans won't like Approval. That can't be helped. <br><br>As for the 0-info angry-noises posts at SodaHead, with their incoherent Approval opposition,<br>one possibility would be to ignore them. The other would be to calmly and politely answer their<br>objections as if those objections were seriously-meant.<br><br>Mike Ossipoff<br></pre> </div></body>
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