The news story making the rounds about {{Facebook}} the past few days indicates they’re working on a kind of “dislike” button. The problem with the Facebook “like” button is the same problem {{Google}} has with Google+ and their “+1” button: it doesn’t tell you anything meaningful. Voting on Reddit doesn’t really convey much meaning, either. Stack …
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a simple restructuring of elections
In close follow-up with my desire to see political parties abolished, we also need to rethink how voting is done. In the United States, you can only vote for a single candidate for most positions (town councils are an exception). You do not have the opportunity to say anything more than a binary yes|no to a …
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why the electoral college matters
This year’s election results seem to – again – be confusing a LOT of people. The incumbent presidential candidate, Mr {{Obama}}, won ~51% of the popular vote. His main opponent, Mr {{Romney}}, won ~48% of the popular vote. However, when you look at the electoral votes (the only ones that really matter), you see a different picture: …
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