BS: What about The Secondaries?

Subject: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 22 Apr 08 - 10:23 PM

I've seen lots of talk here about "The Primaries". I wanna know - what about "The Secondaries", and why does nobody seem to care?

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 23 Apr 08 - 05:07 PM

Usually incurable, unfortunately.
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Apr 08 - 06:43 PM

I wondered if it had to do with the US culture concept of 'no prize for 2nd place'...

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: Amos
Date: 23 Apr 08 - 06:54 PM

Walking in a semantic wonderland....


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Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor
Date: 23 Apr 08 - 08:16 PM

The secondaries are called the general election campaigns these are the semifinals, those are the finals.

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 23 Apr 08 - 09:37 PM

And what about the tertiaries?

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: Riginslinger
Date: 24 Apr 08 - 09:18 PM

"I wondered if it had to do with the US culture concept of 'no prize for 2nd place'..."



               Yeah, Foolestroupe, that's pretty much the way it is. It can be very discouraging to those of us who sometimes come in third.

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 01:32 AM

Well, that's the problem with 'first past the post' voting, and why Oz developed 'optional preference' voting.

You can't totally ignore the little bunches of nutters over in the far left AND right corners...

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 04:11 AM

I always wanted a voting system based on "I DON'T WANT THAT BASTARD IN POWER...", where you vote to keep out the worst of the candidates (and preferably shoot the ones nobody likes). That way you might end up with somebody who actually tries to do what the majority of the people would be happy with.
Oh well! We can all dream...
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: GUEST,Mr Red
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 09:54 AM

Doesn't Italy have some kind of single transferable vote.
"21 Presidents in 22 years or is 25 in 23?

Whatever, one a year. Those little guys in the corner sure pack a punch.

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 11:49 AM

I think that the USAian elections are there way of reminding the world that they are all wankers!

Subject: RE: BS: What about The Secondaries?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 10:38 PM

I realised that the US election system was always intended to be a distracting Circus.

Suggestions:

Limit the whole primaries to 3 months max, then one month for the actual election.

Preferential instead fo first past the post voting.

Abolish both 'houses' and just let King George Rule Again!