[Vision2020] yet another political compass

[Paul Rumelhart]

The party I'm most clearly affiliated with *is* a third party.  If the
percentage of third party voters is larger than the gap between the two
parties, then it's in their best interests to change their platform to
become more appealing to those third party voters.  In the meantime I will
continue to vote for the candidate I think is best and leave the gaming of
the system to the politicians.

There were a few states this last election where the percentage of voters
for the Libertarian Party was larger than the spread between the two
candidates (Kansas, Arkansas, Florida, Vermont, and Alaska).  In those
states, next election, the parties would be best off trying to appeal to
those voters if they don't want that to happen again.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>    <http://www.isidewith.com/results/717510806:962370>If we have a more
> powerful third party, they will only serve to hurt the party that they're
> most closely affiliated with.  That said - go Tea Partiers!
>
> Here are my results:
>
>
> 71%
> [image: Democrats] <http://www.isidewith.com/results/717510806:962370>
>
> 69%
> [image: Green Party] <http://www.isidewith.com/results/717510806:962376>
>
> 64%
> [image: Republicans] <http://www.isidewith.com/results/717510806:962373>
>
>
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> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 12:23:42 -0800
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] I just finished a pop-quiz concerning my political
> beliefs . . .
>
> The Quiz
> http://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz?from=NFMFaB87M
>
> Here are my results...
> http://www.isidewith.com/results/717492044
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
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> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 12:09:29 -0800
> From: paul.rumelhart at gmail.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] yet another political compass
>
>
> I saw a link to this website, and thought it would be interesting to see
> where people fall.  It asks questions and tries to match you up with a
> political party.
>
> The website is www.isidewith.com.  We've done this kind of thing before,
> but it might be interesting to see where people fall now.
>
> My results:
>
> Libertarians: 92%
> Constitution Party: 80%
> Conservative Party: 76%
> Republicans: 74%
> Democrats: 68%
>
> Polls like this really make me wish that third parties were larger in this
> country.
>
> Paul
>
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