I just posted this on the American Association for Public Opinion Research listserve. While I certainly agree that framing etc huge problem, doesn’t seem to me that this gets at critical issues made evident from what happened. There of course is a spiral of silence with regard to “third party” candidates. Stein and Johnson supporters […]
Should “Third Parties” Embrace VotePact?
From “Should Third Parties Support ‘Vote Pacts’ To Avoid ‘Spoiling’ Elections?” by Kit O’Connell at MintPress: “A lot of people have basically grown to depend on the confines of the two-party system and have a hard time getting their brain around a constructive, strategic path out of it,” Sam Husseini, a political activist, told MintPress […]
“This Political Activist Created A Meaningful Way For You To Vote Third Party”
From Bustle.com: “This Political Activist Created a Meaningful Way For You To Vote Third Party” by Amée LaTour: One of the main appeals of Vote Pact is that it allows people to vote for candidates they actually support without begrudgingly helping their least-preferred major-party candidate in doing so, since one vote is denied each candidate. Husseini suggests […]
The Huge Problem with Polls: My Letter to Frank Newport
This letter was sent on Sept. 24 — via an intermediary who knows him well — to Frank Newport of Gallup, the pollster adviser to the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. I’ve received no response. Ironically, Newport is author of Polling Matters: Why Leaders Must Listen to the Wisdom of the People. I think a close […]
Lester Holt Told the First Big Lie
Before the faceoff between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, many were pleading that Lester Holt, the NBC anchor and moderator Monday night, to be a “fact checker.” Any delusions in that regard should have been dashed right away as he perpetrated a root falsehood at the very start of the event. Holt claimed that the […]
Debates: Another Level of Bipartisan Control
From accuracy.org: — “Televised Joint Appearances”: In 1985, the national chairs of the Democratic and Republican parties, Paul Kirk and Frank Fahrenkopf, signed a remarkable agreement that referred to future debates as “nationally televised joint appearances conducted between the presidential and vice-presidential nominees of the two major political parties … It is our conclusion that […]
Media Advisory: Strategic VotePact Gives Life to #NeverTrump and #NeverHillary
Contact: sam@votepact.org With astounding high negatives for both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the VotePact voting strategy offers a meaningful alternative to millions of Americans. Many Americans want to vote their conscience, but are held back for fear. Conservatives are told (Scott Walker) “A vote for anyone other than Donald Trump in November is a […]
The Stark Difference Between VotePact and Vote Swapping
Arun Gupta—one of the most sophisticated analysts and activists around today—tweeted at me on Friday about a New York Times oped: “Anti-Trump Republicans: Don’t Waste Your Vote. Trade It.” Wrote Arun: “Imitation of @votepact is the sincerest form of flattery. @samhusseini“. It says a lot about how terribly understood VotePact is that someone as plugged in […]
Andrew Stewart Makes a VotePact
Listen in as Andrew Stewart takes one vote away from each Trump and Clinton: It’s also at Internet Archive page and Podcast page on Media Coop: Beginning is intro. At 1 minute mark, there’s an interview with Sam Husseini, founder of VotePact. At 10:45, there’s a dialogue and negotiation that forms a VotePact: A traditional […]
VotePact: Do It Yourself Voting Reform
FairVote just interviewed Sam Husseini about VotePact: Question: You’ve called your VotePact.org project do-it-yourself ranked choice voting (RCV). What do you mean? Sam Husseini: Both attempt to solve the same problem. Take this election. There are lots of people who would want to vote for Green Party nominee Dr. Jill Stein or Libertarian Party nominee Gov. Gary […]