On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Alex Small wrote:
> Mike-
>
> When you argue that people should vote sincerely because one vote doesn't
> matter, you basically describe a "tragedy of the commons" as I understand
> the term. Suppose somebody said "Well, there's no harm in wasting
> electricity and water. Af
Remember that Time Magazine website unofficial poll during the 2000
election year? Nader was way out ahead of both Gore and Bush after more
than an hundred thousand responses. If either Bush or Gore had that kind
of lead in a Time Magazine poll, no matter how unofficial or unscientific,
it would
Mike-
When you argue that people should vote sincerely because one vote doesn't
matter, you basically describe a "tragedy of the commons" as I understand
the term. Suppose somebody said "Well, there's no harm in wasting
electricity and water. After all, my electricity alone isn't contributing
to
Mike Ossipoff wrote:
> "It's better to vote for what you want and not get it
> than to vote for what you don't want and get it."
I haven't voted in a US presidential election ever, and haven't voted in a
presidential primary since 1992 -- because I basically agree with that
Eugene Debs quote (and
There's only a tiny probability that your vote will
chqnge the outcome. But we vote anyway, out
of principle. But if it's being done out of principle,
then why vote for less than what we most want? Why vote for someone whom we
know to not even be honest? What kind of principle is that?
How much
