Re: [EM] JQ wrt SODA

2012-02-17 Thread David L Wetzell
IRV's got a first mover advantage over SODA and to catch up you need to convince someone like Soros to help you market it. It wouldn't matter if you got the whole EM list to agree with you that it was hunky-dory. But in the context of a 2-party dominated system, there aren't as many serious candi

Re: [EM] JQ wrt SODA

2012-02-17 Thread Jameson Quinn
If first-mover is all that counts, then I'm afraid we're stuck with plurality. Obviously, I hope and believe that's not true. Jameson 2012/2/17 David L Wetzell > IRV's got a first mover advantage over SODA and to catch up you need to > convince someone like Soros to help you market it. It woul

Re: [EM] JQ wrt SODA

2012-02-17 Thread David L Wetzell
It is because first-mover counts a lot that we've been stuck with FPTP in the US for such a long time in contrast with countries with younger democracies... I never said it was all that counts, but it counts a good deal, as I metaphorically allude to by emphing the diffs in Ps over the diffs in Xs

Re: [EM] JQ wrt SODA

2012-02-17 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi David, De : David L Wetzell >>À : election-methods@lists.electorama.com >>Envoyé le : Vendredi 17 février 2012 13h37 >>Objet : Re: [EM] JQ wrt SODA >> >> >IRV's got a first mover advantage over SODA and to catch up you need to >convince some