Re: [EM] Influence of a single vote (was Voting strategy etc.)

2009-06-19 Thread Michael Allan
Dave Ketchum wrote: > It matters for most, if not all, methods, including Plurality. > Individually voters can rarely do anything, collectively they are the > result producers - without any necessity for contact amongst themselves. Like magic? I agree that (a) the result is a collective of vot

Re: [EM] Influence of a single vote (was Voting strategy etc.)

2009-06-18 Thread Dave Ketchum
Thanks Juho! It matters for most, if not all, methods, including Plurality. Individually voters can rarely do anything, collectively they are the result producers - without any necessity for contact amongst themselves. Dave Ketchum On Jun 18, 2009, at 7:22 AM, Juho Laatu wrote: --- On

Re: [EM] Influence of a single vote (was Voting strategy etc.)

2009-06-18 Thread Juho Laatu
--- On Thu, 18/6/09, Michael Allan wrote: > > Juho Laatu wrote: > > > Do you mean that one individual vote > > > practically never changes the result > > > of a large election? > > > > > > One can see this from two viewpoints. > > > 1) can I change the result > > > 2) can I and similar minded pe

[EM] Influence of a single vote (was Voting strategy etc.)

2009-06-17 Thread Michael Allan
> Juho Laatu wrote: > > Do you mean that one individual vote > > practically never changes the result > > of a large election? > > > > One can see this from two viewpoints. > > 1) can I change the result > > 2) can I and similar minded people > >   together change the result Raph Frank wrote: > W