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electric_blue68

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6. When you say - Independent campaigns - do you mean they ran as Independents VS Republicans?

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:23 PM

Oct 23

Maybe I just need time getting used to it.

Or maybe I'm getting a bit lazy as in - in order to rank candidates instead of the binary Y/N I have go through more study, and thinking; weighing even a whole lot more of candidates' positions (I'm rarely a totally one issue voter), to rank them the way I see best.

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RCV is how we don't get assholes elected. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #1

Not sure I like RCV. electric_blue68 Oct 23 #4

Why? What's not to like? Republicans have used Independent campaigns, to effectively get themselves elected with a OAITW r.2.0 Oct 23 #5

When you say - Independent campaigns - do you mean they ran as Independents VS Republicans? electric_blue68 Oct 23 #6

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