I figure if all of us can't understand preferential voting, I can't imagine bringing it to the american public.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 07, 2012 4:38:34 pm PST #29834 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jesse - Nov 07, 2012 4:40:34 pm PST #29835 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm totally going to get to do crazy voting next year!
le nubian - Nov 07, 2012 4:40:48 pm PST #29836 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
TB,
this time, part of the reason for the GOP retention of seats in the House was re-districting. Without that, Dems would have regained the House.
Jesse - Nov 07, 2012 4:42:15 pm PST #29837 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, I can't believe how snowy it is!
tommyrot - Nov 07, 2012 4:48:14 pm PST #29838 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Nice.
In the future we won't elect presidents. We'll have a primary, then Nate Silver will go into a spice trance and pick the winner.
— chase (@chsrdn) November 7, 2012
Jesse - Nov 07, 2012 4:49:51 pm PST #29839 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If anyone still wants the short version on preferential voting, here's a pdf: [link]
smonster - Nov 07, 2012 4:52:42 pm PST #29840 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
billytea definitely knows more than I do about this stuff, or at least more than I remember. Wowza.
Consuela - Nov 07, 2012 5:00:33 pm PST #29841 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think that right now the more egregious culprit is that the electoral process - and here I'm thinking specifically of districting - is in most states under partisan political control.
Which is one place where California is ahead of the curve. We approved the appointment of a non-partisan Redistricting committee, and their work was IIRC reviewed by the State Supreme Court, and yesterday the electorate approved the redistricting. No more gerrymandering!
Jessica - Nov 07, 2012 5:02:16 pm PST #29842 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In the future we won't elect presidents. We'll have a primary, then Nate Silver will go into a spice trance and pick the winner.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Lee - Nov 07, 2012 5:05:41 pm PST #29843 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am on vacation!
Of course, I still need to clean the house, do some gardening I didn't get to this weekend, take Dita to the vet, go into the office to get a flu shot, decide what to pack, do laundry, get a check in the mail to my sister, possible buy new pants, shave my legs, clean out the fridge, and do a bunch of other stuff I am forgetting.
But I am on vacation. WHOOO