[EM] Kristofer: The Approval poll

2012-03-22 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
While the poll has comments of low quality, and the users seem to be against Approval at the moment, I do think even those low-quality comments can be useful. Namely, they give us insight into the objections, fair or not, to Approval itself. There are partisan arguments ("this is a liberal plo

Re: [EM] Kristofer: The Approval poll

2012-03-22 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
On 03/22/2012 07:57 PM, MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote: There are plenty of voters who report having to "hold their nose" and vote only for someone they don't like. They'd all like to be able to vote for better candidates to, including their favorites. Even if one only counts the Democrat voters who say tha

Re: [EM] Kristofer: The Approval poll

2012-03-22 Thread Dave Ketchum
Many thoughts catch my eye here - I will not attempt to respond to all. On Mar 22, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: On 03/22/2012 07:57 PM, MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote: There are plenty of voters who report having to "hold their nose" and vote only for someone they don't like. They'd al