[fvc-wat-disc] One FPTP argument goes down in flames

[Sharon Sommerville]

Thanks for sharing Coyne's article Kevin. His analysis of the electoral
context of Trump's win offers an coherent & entertaining explanation of
Tuesday's outcome and illustrates that the majority of Americans have not
taken leave of their senses. Trump's win may, as did Harper's majority here
put some fire under the electoral reform movement in the US.

Cheers,
Sharon

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Kevin Smith <kevedsmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> First Past the Post keeps yahoos out of power? WRONG!
>
> http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/full-comment/blog.html?b=
> news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/andrew-coyne-dont-
> blame-clinton-for-losing-she-got-the-most-votes
>
> On Nov 9, 2016 1:49 AM, "Bob Jonkman" <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded to the poll! It seems that a sense of
> urgency won the day; the first available date of Thursday, 10 November
> 2016 was chosen to have our Strategy Meeting.
>
> *What*: Fair Vote Waterloo Strategy Meeting, Fall 2016
> *When*: Thursday, 10 November 2016 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
> *Where*: Sharon Sommerville's dining room
> *Location*: 85 Westmount Road South, Waterloo, Ontario
> *Map*: http://osm.org/go/ZXna8VEB--?m=
>
> Thanks to Sharon Sommerville for hosting! Street parking is available
> on Douglas Street.
>
> See you on Thursday!
>
> Bob Jonkman,
> Co-Chair, Fair Vote Waterloo
>
>
> Poll: http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/choose-a-date-for-a-strategy-meeting/
>
> Event:
> http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/event/fair-vote-waterloo-strategy-meeting/
>
>
> On 2016-11-03 06:20 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> > Hello Fair Voters:  There have been some alarming comments from
> > both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Democratic
> > Institutions Maryam Monsef that Canadians no longer need Electoral
> > Reform because the Liberals have formed the government.
> >
> > There’s an urgent need to make a coordinated effort to address the
> > Liberals’ backsliding on their election promise of electoral
> > reform. We talked about this at the previous Discussion Night, and
> > had scheduled a Strategy Meeting for Wednesday, 23 November 2016.
> > Unfortunately, a significant number of people can’t make it for
> > that date, and because of the urgency of this issue an earlier date
> > was requested.
> >
> > Please use this poll to choose a date:
> >
> > http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/choose-a-date-for-a-strategy-meeting/
> >
> > If you can’t complete the poll you can e-mail me at
> > bjonkman at sobac.com I’ll pick the date on Tuesday, 8 November 2016
> > based on the plurality of the poll results.
> >
> > At the meeting we will discuss ways to combat the Liberals’
> > misperception of Canadians’ overwhelming support for Electoral
> > Reform:
> >
> > * Do we have a letter writing campaign to target Liberal MPs? * The
> > ERRE committee? * Media? * Do we make phone calls? * Have
> > individual meetings with MPs? * Have protest rallies?
> >
> > Thank you! –Bob Jonkman, Co-Chair, Fair Vote Waterloo
> >
> > - From the Discussion Mailing List:
> >
> >> It is critical that we create a powerful response that sends a
> >> clear message about how upset & angry we are at this betrayal.
> >> And how it will impact the next election!
>
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v2
> Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability
>
> iEYEARECAAYFAlgixocACgkQuRKJsNLM5erguwCg6gTlyxeZk2pXsKfp0LxjyVqf
> cZ0AoPO3D6iNToViETjp1bKfXMtULLpb
> =h9yg
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> This is the fvc-wat-announce mailing list
> Unsubscribe: http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-announ
> ce_listserv.thinkers.org
> _______________________________________________
> This is the fvc-wat-disc mailing list
> Post a message: fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
> Unsubscribe: http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc_l
> istserv.thinkers.org
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> This is the fvc-wat-disc mailing list
> Post a message: fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
> Unsubscribe: http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc_
> listserv.thinkers.org
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.thinkers.org/pipermail/fvc-wat-disc_listserv.thinkers.org/attachments/20161112/d5451ca0/attachment-0002.htm>