[Pre-Emptive]* Comments on Business and Voting
In this case {Pre-Emptive} , meaning after barely a glance at the articles but reading their briefs in my daily TruthOut .
Two Reports Assail State Department Role on Iraq Security
By Eric Schmitt and David Rohde The New York Times
GOP Team Revives Electoral Vote Initiative
By Dan Morain and Joe Mathews
The Los Angeles Times
In the first matter of the first MBA prez I took a bit longer {of a glance at a} tangent.
And reached a familiar metaphor {embedded there} : Poker. And {we can} conclude that he does not like to play the hand he is dealt and he is the dealer.
In the second matter, Electoral College aside, it seems a matter of black and white. In this case whether Californians want their candidate to be president or to dilute their vote. It is admirable that some states have proportional representation but when it is applied to a larger state and not to all states, it seems to defy some reasoning, much as voting for a third candidate on a lesser of two evils {theory}.
It should be clear that the only thing that should be black and white is ones vote. And the way the vote should work is that the winner is the one that gets the most votes. If a third candidate gets some, it should not be hard to see that the greater of two evils results.
* normally I reserve brackets for edited changes at the bottom, in this case this will mean this will be veering from that policy, and upgrade this post other than than housekeeping with {brackets}s.
2 comments:
The problem is that each state gets to choose how it will allocate its Electoral College delegates. Proportional representation is the fair way for the system as a whole, but block voting is the strategic choice for each state individually.
Proportional representation has to be applied in every state, not just some of them.
I did say "Electoral College aside", but probably dragged it in again. Your point is well taken and still leaves it aside. But the dilution principle still seems to apply and the strategic choice is the question, both on the level of the state and the individual and how it translates to the results.
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