[Bear_in_RoseBear]

When I was in high school I participated in "Boy's State", which was supposed to be a simulation of Michigan state government. Kids from all over the state spent 10 days in a Michigan State University dorm; the various wings and floors of the dorm made up "cities" and "counties", etc.

One of the big events while we were there was the "state convention", where we all gathered together in a hall to vote for candidates for state offices, such as governor, attorney general, etc. Since almost none of the candidates were known to every "city", the practice of vote trading was quickly discovered... reps from each city began visiting other cities, making offers like "Vote for our candidate for attorney general and we'll vote for your candidate for secretary of state."

When the organizers of the event found out, they were horrified; they quickly got up onto the stage and announced that under no circumstances would vote trading be allowed, because that sort of thing never happened in real state government!

Right then and there I gave up on the whole farce as hopelessly naive.

[Fedora]

One of the big events while we were there was the "state convention", where we all gathered together in a hall to vote for candidates for state offices, such as governor, attorney general, etc. Since almost none of the candidates were known to every "city", the practice of vote trading was quickly discovered... reps from each city began visiting other cities, making offers like "Vote for our candidate for attorney general and we'll vote for your candidate for secretary of state."

ROFL! Reminds me of when I was reading LBJ's biography recently and it was describing how he'd handle the Senate and the DNC!

[My back yard]

under no circumstances would vote trading be allowed, because that sort of thing never happened in real state government!

hah!