At 12:16 PM -0700 8/6/03, Alex Small wrote:


Well, someone still needs to convince me that the party who was able to obtain the most broad based support shouldn't be the party that wins.


Condorcet & Approval appear to be among the best methods that can, on a very consistent basis, find that broad based support.

Furthermore, the party in the middle may not always win no matter whether they are 1D or 2D. Politics can be a very fluid thing...the party in the middle has the same opportunities to make itself hated by the majority as any other party.

(Commence flaming now.)

Ok.


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(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)


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