Election research: CA Propositions

( Hold your nose and vote on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 )

Election research: Primary candidates

This a perfect example of why we should have instant-runoff voting: we have to choose between more than one candidate, and need to worry about gaming our votes. Do we vote for the candidate we like the best, even if they’re unlikely to win, or do we just try to maximize both “electable” and “least bad”? If you’re unhappy with the current state of affairs that has given us a crop of right-wing authoritarians from both parties, there is an alternative. I commend your attention to the Center for Voting and Democracy, Californians for Electoral Reform, Public Campaign, and the California Clean Money Campaign. We need to start pressuring our cities and counties to show that these techniques work, then our states, then the country; in the long run, I think it’s the only way out of this mess.

Since I’m going to hold my nose and game my vote, I’m only giving my impressions of the front-runners.

( Hold your nose and vote on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 )