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149Range Voting (Simplified definition):</b> 150</font> 151<ol type="a"> 152<li> each 153<a href="MeaningOfVote.html">vote</a> 154consists of one numerical score from 155<a href="Why99.html">0 to 99</a> 156awarded to each candidate (for example 57,0,34,99 could be one vote in a 4-candidate election; advise 99/0 for best/worst);<br> 157</li> 158<li> 159the candidate with the highest average score wins. 160</li> 161</ol> 162</dt> 163<dd> 164(Our 165<a href="FullRange.html">fullest definition</a> with various bells & whistles added.) 166</dd> 167<dt> 168<font size="+1"> 169<a href="ForDems.html"> 170<b>Democrats</b></a> or 171<a href="ForReps.html"> 172<b>Republicans</b></a>: 173</font> 174</dt> 175<dd> 176Would you like your party to make better choices of candidates in the 177primary elections? In particular – would you like it to choose the 178best <i>presidential</i> 179candidate it can? 180Would you like to get rid of the "spoiler effect", where alternative (third 181party) candidates on the <i>same</i> side of the political spectrum as you can take 182votes away from your candidate and cause your candidate to lose? 183</dd> 184<dt> 185<font size="+1"> 186<a href="ForIndep.html"> 187<b>Independent</b> voters: 188</a> 189</font> 190</dt> 191<dd> 192Would you like to have more than two realistic choices of candidates to 193choose from? 194Would you like to vote for and show your support for alternative party 195candidates, without having to waste your vote to do it? 196</dd> 197<dt> 198<font size="+1"> 199<a href="ForGreens.html"><b>Greens</b></a>, 200<a href="ForLibs.html"><b>Libertarians</b></a>, 201<a href="ForSocial.html"><b>Socialists</b></a>, 202<a href="ForConst.html"><b>Constitution party</b></a>, 203<a href="PsEl04.html">etc.</a>: 204</font> 205</dt> 206<dd> 207Would you like to vote for and show your support for your favorite 208candidate, but <i>still</i> have the option of supporting the Democrat or 209Republican candidate, if your favorite is unlikely to win? 210Would you like your opinions about <i>every</i> candidate to get used, as opposed 211to just your opinion about one (and even that one 212is wasted since it is a third-party candidate)? 213</dd> 214<dt> 215<font size="+1"> 216<a href="InOffice.html"> 217Democratic or Republican <b>candidates</b> or <b>elected officeholders</b>: 218</a> 219</font> 220</dt> 221<dd> 222Would you like the 223alternative parties to eventually get stronger, 224so that you could run as a candidate of 225one of them if your party turns away from you or 226you lose your primary – and then that run would both (1) have a realistic 227chance of succeeding, and (2) would <i>not</i> lead to a vote split between 228you and the opponent from your old major party, causing you both to lose – instead 229one of you would still win and you would <i>not</i> be regarded as a "traitor" for 230doing this? 231</dd> 232<dt> 233<font size="+1"> 234<a href="NonVoters.html"><b>Non-Voters</b>:</a> 235</font> 236</dt> 237<dd> 238Tired of pseudo-democracy 239where you get the <i>minimum possible</i> amount of choice (two, but usually 240really only one since there's 98% predictability) 241and where you only get to express the <i>minimum possible</i> amount of information 242about what you prefer? 243Would you like more real choices and more expressiveness so it might 244actually be worth bothering to vote? 245We don't know about you, but we don't want the minimum. 246We want the maximum. 247</dd> 248</dl> 249 250<p><font size="+1"> 251<a href="RExample.html">Range Voting</a> (RV) can help <b>solve</b> every one of the <a href="Plurality.html">problems</a> 252mentioned above. 253RV has <a href="Virtues.html">something for everyone</a>! 254</font></p> 255 256<table> 257<tr><td> 258<font size="+3"> 259<a href="RangeVoting.html">ENTER RV main page!</a> 260</font> 261</td><td> 262<!-- SiteSearch --> 263<table border="2" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#c54a4a"> 264<tr><td> 265<FORM ACTION="https://search.freefind.com/find.html" METHOD="GET" accept-charset="utf-8" target="_self"> 266<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="id" VALUE="78874049"> 267<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="pageid" VALUE="r"> 268<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="mode" VALUE="ALL"> 269<INPUT type="HIDDEN" name="n" value="0"> 270<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="_charset_" VALUE=""> 271<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="bcd" VALUE="÷"> 272<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="query" SIZE="31"> 273<small><A HREF="http://www.freefind.com">FreeFind</A></small> 274</FORM> 275</td></tr> 276<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"> 277<!-- <INPUT type=submit name=btnG VALUE="Google Search CRV"> --> 278Search CRV <small>[Type keywords & hit enter]</small> 279</td></tr> 280<tr><td> 281<FORM method=GET action=http://www.google.com/custom> 282<INPUT TYPE=text name=q size=31 maxlength=255 value=""> 283<INPUT type=hidden name=cof VALUE="S:;GL:0;AH:center;BGC:#ffe588;AWFID:775d51534d964001;"> 284<input type=hidden name=domains value=""> 285<input type=hidden name=sitesearch value="" checked> 286<font color="#0000ff" size="-1">Google</font> 287</FORM> 288</td></tr> 289</table> 290<!-- SiteSearch --> 291</td></tr> 292</table> 293 294</td></tr> 295</table> 296</td></tr> 297</table> <!--end of the entire page--> 298 299<!-- Start of StatCounter Code -->
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