On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 10:15:11PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > scripsit Tom: > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:32:15PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > > > > > a system (I did the math a while ago) we'd have a small but nonzero > > > number of (at least) Greens and Libertarians in the House, even with > > > > There is 1 independent Senator and 1 independent Congressman (what's the > > generic term for member of House? Representative?), so it's already > > "nonzero". > > The senator was elected as a Republican, though, and bolted, IIRC. > > I was aware of the indepentents; `nonzero' referred to members of > organized `third' parties, which could run party lists under a > Scottish-style system. AFAIK there are no party members in the Congress > that are not Democrats or Republicans. > bernie sanders, rep from vermont, has always been an independent.
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