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To: Slings and Arrows

Denying Willard the delegates is the only reason I was going to vote for Paul the lunatic. But, truthfully, I don’t think God would be pleased with me if I cast a vote for someone who so clearly stands with Israel’s enemies.

Question: won’t casting an undervote also serve to deny Romney the Va delegates? I’m asking sincerely, for information.


41 posted on 03/04/2012 8:40:14 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (I can haz Romney's defeat?)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Truly, I think G-d would understand the idea of strategic voting - after all, mathematics and logic are expressions of His will.

An undervote would be less helpful to Romney than a vote for him, but more so than a vote for Paul. Imagine that there are 5 voters in VA: 2 for Romney, 2 for Paul, and one undecided. Depending of how the undecided voter breaks on Election Day, three outcomes are possible:

U.V. breaks for Romney - R: 3, P: 2. Romney gets 60% of the delegates, Paul gets 40% of the delegates.
U.V. undervotes - R: 2, P: 2. Romney gets 50% of the delegates, Paul gets 50% of the delegates.
U.V. breaks for Paul - R: 2, P: 3. Romney gets 40% of the delegates, Paul gets 60% of the delegates.

Obviously I’m oversimplifying, but it illustrates the point.


42 posted on 03/04/2012 9:45:20 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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