... as a vote for Bush. We learned the rules of that game in 1992.
There are many better ways to count votes than by the simple plurality defined by the U.S. Constitution. As it exists, I think the system pretty much guarantees a two-party system. Perot got something like a fifth of the popular vote, but no electoral votes. Of course in a single winner-take-all election with no runoffs, that was fair, but it would be nice if your vote for a third party candidate didn't automatically translate into an ef
I'm tired of everyone assuming that the only people who could possibly consider supporting Nader would vote Democrat were Nader not around.
In 2000, exit polls showed his consituency being a little over one quarter people who would have voted for Gore, a little under one quarter people who would have voted for Bush, and half people who wouldn't have voted.
Fudge the numbers to account for the fudge factor all you want, that still doesn't show Nader's constituency as being nothing but leftists and Democrats.
I'm tired of everyone assuming that the only people who could possibly consider supporting Nader would vote Democrat were Nader not around.
You're right... I assume he'd also draw from the Deaniacs, the LaRouchites, the Greens, the McGovernites who just came down, confused Canadians, the Communists, the Unabomber Party, the Socialists, lost Belgians, the Reform Party, the Boy Sprouts, the Fred Birch Society, the Orbital Mind Control Lasers, and, yes, sometimes even Republicans.
The problem I have with Nader is that his whole platform seems to boil down to "Look at me, I'm Ralph Nader."
You're also right about Nader not necessarily throwing the election to Bush by siphoning votes from Gore. It seems Pat Buchanan did that.
Every vote for Nader counts... (Score:2)
There are many better ways to count votes than by the simple plurality defined by the U.S. Constitution. As it exists, I think the system pretty much guarantees a two-party system. Perot got something like a fifth of the popular vote, but no electoral votes. Of course in a single winner-take-all election with no runoffs, that was fair, but it would be nice if your vote for a third party candidate didn't automatically translate into an ef
Re:Masculine bovine waste. (Score:2)
In 2000, exit polls showed his consituency being a little over one quarter people who would have voted for Gore, a little under one quarter people who would have voted for Bush, and half people who wouldn't have voted.
Fudge the numbers to account for the fudge factor all you want, that still doesn't show Nader's constituency as being nothing but leftists and Democrats.
Re:Masculine bovine waste. (Score:2)
You're right... I assume he'd also draw from the Deaniacs, the LaRouchites, the Greens, the McGovernites who just came down, confused Canadians, the Communists, the Unabomber Party, the Socialists, lost Belgians, the Reform Party, the Boy Sprouts, the Fred Birch Society, the Orbital Mind Control Lasers, and, yes, sometimes even Republicans.
The problem I have with Nader is that his whole platform seems to boil down to "Look at me, I'm Ralph Nader."
You're also right about Nader not necessarily throwing the election to Bush by siphoning votes from Gore. It seems Pat Buchanan did that.