[Finny]

If you stay at home you give 1/2 vote to the dirtiest of rats, Thad Cochran. -If you vote for anyone but the pro-life, pro-gun dem candidate, you are giving 1/2 vote to that dirty rat.

Giles, that is pure emotional hokum, imaginary, confusing INTENT with FUNCTION.

A vote has two mathematical values. It is binary. It is either 0, or 1.

Any other values you assign to it are pretend. When you act upon pretend foundations, you fail.

[GilesB]

You would do well not to argue math with me.

If I have the only vote and I cast it for you, you have one, your opponent has zero.

If I don’t cast my vote, you have zero and your opponent has zero.

If I cast the vote for your opponent, he has one, you have zero. The difference between casting my vote for you, or for your opponent is 2. The difference between casting a vote for you or not voting is 1, which is 1/2 the value of casting my vote for someone.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

A vote has two mathematical values. It is binary. It is either 0, or 1.

That is absolutely incorrect. There are THREE values that a voter can give. -1, 0, and 1.

For example, say that there is and election with 201 voters, 200 of those votes are cast and the election is tied, 100-100. Now it's your turn to vote. You can vote Dem (-1) and the Dem wins, You can vote Rep (+1) and the Rep wins, or you can abstain (or vote for a write-in) and it remains a tie. Your single (potential) vote had THREE possible outcomes.