To: mcg1969
Oh please, do you actually believe that a vote whose consequence is to increase Kerry's chance of election is a step in the RIGHT direction? Please explain, mathematically, how voting for a 3rd-party candidate increases Kerry's chance of victory.
14 posted on
11/01/2004 9:48:27 AM PST by
Sloth
("Rather is TV's real-life Ted Baxter, without Baxter's quiet dignity." -- Ann Coulter)
To: Sloth
Please explain, mathematically, how voting for a 3rd-party candidate increases Kerry's chance of victory.It is a social science question, not a mathematical one. People who see the "lesser of two evils" argument as just that, "evil", fail to see the strategic benefit in voting for the most conservative two-party candidate. As such they take votes away from that candidate. It's really rather simple.
21 posted on
11/01/2004 10:03:22 AM PST by
mcg1969
To: Sloth
Please explain, mathematically, how voting for a 3rd-party candidate increases Kerry's chance of victory. I never was good at math, but how's this:
Voting pool = 10 people.
Five vote for Kerry. Four vote for W. One votes for Joe Schmuck, the Independent.
Doesn't Kerry win?
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