[fvc-wat-disc] Possibly dumb question on FPTP...

[Jennifer Ross]

The official (political science-y) name for the system is 'single member
plurality', if we forgot to mention that.  But yes, if they can create a
new name every time people figure out that Alternative Vote doesn't do what
we want, I see no reason why we can't create new names for what we have.

How's One Party per Riding?  On the BC discussion list, so many are coming
to the conclusion that the geographical representative we all think we care
about so much is totally useless since they toe the party line on
everything and no matter where your geography is located the party line
remains the same.  For instance, Federal Liberal MPs in BC--NOT standing up
for BCs coast, NOT taking First Nation concerns into the discussion, etc.
So, let's take the representative out of our name.

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Jay Judkowitz <judkowitz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks everyone for the helpful answers.  I'm still bugged that there is
> no post :-)
>
> But besides annoying my literal minded brain, I wonder if there isn't a
> way to brand FPTP in a way that's both more accurate mathematically, and
> more evocative of the dangers the system poses, but without exaggerating or
> being inflammatory.  "Plurality take all" or something like that.
>
> 1) Do you think that's worth doing?
> 2) Let's say we did come up with a name we really liked, how would we go
> about popularizing it?
>
> On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 9:23 PM, Sharon Sommerville <
> sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jenn,
>>
>> That was a wonderful video. Elizabeth is clear & informative. Thanks for
>> passing it along.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sharon
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 5:36 PM, Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I watched an interesting Ted Talk from Elizabeth May on this just the
>>> other day.  Because, one of the things I had been using was the fact that I
>>> can vote in these horse races by way of making a bet.  And you know what?
>>> I can WIN even though my horse wasn't the first past the post!
>>>
>>> I started to write it, but Elizabeth May is a LOT better in explaining
>>> things than I am, so I'll leave it to her:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwsSDynCcc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Dave Arthur <arthurd23 at bell.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jay
>>>>
>>>> The term comes from horse racing where the first horse that passes the
>>>> post wins and all the others lose and get nothing.
>>>>
>>>> That’s just what happens in each riding where the candidate that gets
>>>> the most votes wins and the other candidates lose and all the votes that
>>>> they received have no influence on the overall results whatsoever.
>>>>
>>>> The idea is that all votes should have some effect on the overall
>>>> representation which is what PR achieves.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From: *Jay Judkowitz <judkowitz at gmail.com>
>>>> *Sent: *Sunday, February 4, 2018 3:14 PM
>>>> *To: *FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
>>>> <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org>
>>>> *Subject: *[fvc-wat-disc] Possibly dumb question on FPTP...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, does anyone know why it's actually called "first past the post"?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That name makes it sound like there is some marker there and it's a
>>>> race to pass it.  Like, first past 30% wins.  But, there is no post at all,
>>>> nothing that can be determined even knowing the number of candidates.
>>>> Shouldn't it be called something like "Plurality Voting" or "Plurality
>>>> Takes All" or something more descriptive?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for the education!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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