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TheWraith

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9. Not to mention you need to start with instant runoff voting.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:55 PM

Jan 2012

Or some other system other than first-past-the-post, so that third parties are not damaging the causes they claim to believe in.

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Either Barack Obama will win, or the Republican nominee will. [View all] TheWraith Jan 2012 OP

Well said. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #1

Pretty damned obvious over here. CakeGrrl Jan 2012 #2

It kills me that this has to be spelled out. redqueen Jan 2012 #3

+a billion Number23 Jan 2012 #5

Not to mention you need to start with instant runoff voting. TheWraith Jan 2012 #9

Doesn't Canada use IRV? redqueen Jan 2012 #15

Not officially. Only to elect the leader of the Liberal Party. TheWraith Jan 2012 #16

Exactly. abelenkpe Jan 2012 #4

Correct. I disagree with the President on medical MJ - but I would NEVER wage banned from Kos Jan 2012 #6

couldn't agree more. Whisp Jan 2012 #7

Frankly, ProSense Jan 2012 #8

Too bad so many still don't grasp this reality Sheepshank Jan 2012 #10

"A world of difference" gratuitous Jan 2012 #11

Here's ProSense Jan 2012 #14

You could double as a football comentator for Fox! rustydog Jan 2012 #12

And yet, here in Amerca.. 99Forever Jan 2012 #13

K & R Scurrilous Jan 2012 #17

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