VotePact offers a self-promoting strategy which could snowball. It can be achieved with a Stein voter prompting a would-be Harris and would-be Trump voters to break out of the duopoly together. Reader Patricia Spicer commented on my last piece: “I like the idea of ranked choice and would like to see it in operation. Meanwhile I […]
Archives for August 2024
How Polling Should Be Done: • Voter as Tiebreaker • Ranked Choice Voting
My last piece — “The Ubiquitous ‘Public Opinion Poll’ Doesn’t Actually Measure Public Opinion” — actually understated the problem: every poll being run right now to my knowledge is asking the same question: “If the election for President were held today, and the candidates were Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, which candidate would you support?” Specifically, […]
The Ubiquitous “Public Opinion Poll” Doesn’t Actually Measure Public Opinion
Of all the ways the establishment manipulates the public during elections — disinformation from campaigns, media bias, ballot access restrictions, Big Tech manipulation, etc. — there’s one way that’s especially insidious and under-appreciated: Polling. Polling is depicted as measuring public opinion, but the most prevalent polling question doesn’t actually ask the public their opinion. Here’s […]