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Johnson-Weld is the right ticket!

Original post made by Jack Hickey, Woodside: Emerald Hills, on Jun 12, 2016

Original post made by Hersch, Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park, on Jun 12, 2016

"Menlo Park Republicans: please vote libertarian as a protest against this vile cretin, in November."

The Libertarian alternative to Clinton and Trump deserve a separate topic.
We have a situation here where the benefit of a Preferential Voting System would be demonstrated. See: Web Link
Extract:
"Used in national elections in Australia, this system is said to simulate a series of runoff elections. If no candidate is the first choice of more than half of the voters, then all votes cast for the candidate with the lowest number of first choices are recounted and added to the totals of the remaining candidates based on who is ranked next on each ballot. If this does not result in any candidate receiving a majority, further rounds of redistribution occur."

The system avoids the "wasted vote syndrome". Someone who genuinely thinks that Libertarian candidates for President and Vice President, (former Governors Johnson and Weld) would be better choices than either Clinton or Trump, but are deathly afraid that Clinton or Trump might win if they don't vote for their major party candidate. Web Link

"That Government is best which governs least" Thoreau

I'm voting for Johnson and Weld.

Comments

Posted by Kansas Koch Kerfuffle
a resident of Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda
on Jun 12, 2016 at 4:44 pm

Libertarianism has never worked.

Look at Kansas and the Koch backed "Libertarian Laboratory " created by small government governor Brownback.

An economic disaster for the state.

Show us any state or country where it has worked!


Posted by Stop the Trolls
a resident of another community
on Jun 12, 2016 at 6:46 pm

Hickey can't do it -- because, after all, libertarianism is an unproven political theory.

Or, to be more accurate, an unproven quasi-political theory.


Posted by pogo
a resident of Woodside: other
on Jun 12, 2016 at 9:25 pm

pogo is a registered user.

I'll vote libertarian just so I don't have to vote for the other choices.


Posted by Jack Hickey
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Jun 13, 2016 at 8:49 am

Jack Hickey is a registered user.

How about Bloomberg endorses Johnson and Weld, and will be the next Secretary of State.


Posted by Stop the Trolls
a resident of another community
on Jun 13, 2016 at 10:59 am

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