I have just joined a reading group related to prediction markets and crowd wisdom. One topic that has come up is range voting. Our current election system in the US is known as plurality voting: the person with the most votes wins. This is fine in elections with two candidates, but when there are more [...]
Posts Tagged ‘presidential election’
Range voting is cool
Posted: 10 July 2008 in UncategorizedTags: bayesian regret, crowd wisdom, plurality voting, presidential election, range voting, simulations, voting systems, warren smith
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Obama vs Clinton Decision Tree
Posted: 24 April 2008 in UncategorizedTags: clinton, decision trees, democratic primary, machine learning, obama, presidential election
This is an absolutely awesome visualization of the Democratic race so far.
President Nobody
Posted: 17 April 2008 in UncategorizedTags: politics, presidential election, ralph nader, voting
But if you must vote, vote for Nader.
The babe with the Power
Posted: 27 March 2008 in UncategorizedTags: despair, disillusionment, elections, george r r martin, hope, obama, politics, power, presidential election, riddles, ron paul, sentiment classification
Names unnamed, sources unsourced, a CMU professor told me the other day that the best way to identify the party affiliation of political blogs is to find out who the blogger talks about all the time. Republicans spend their time, not bolstering their own candidates, but denegrating the Democrats. Ditto the Democrats. This is perhaps [...]
Ralph Nader enters the race
Posted: 24 February 2008 in UncategorizedTags: green agenda, obama, presidential election, ralph nader
The best criticism Obama can level against him is that he criticizes people for not living up to his standards. When it comes to choosing a president, I want someone with high standards.
Meh Tuesday
Posted: 5 February 2008 in UncategorizedTags: corporate media, friends, politics, presidential election, super tuesday
My longtime friend over at the Wrathful Dove has an excellent post today on the lack of superness in this so-called Super Tuesday, and I wanted to give it a plug. Here is a brief excerpt that I thought sheds light on the charade that we call “elections” in America: I was reading the “issues” [...]
The Crowd Thins
Posted: 30 January 2008 in UncategorizedTags: clinton, edwards, epic fail, giuliani, mccain, obama, politics, presidential election, romney
Well, Edwards is all set to announce he is dropping out of the democratic race and Ghouliani has withdrawn from the republican side. Of the mainstream democrat candidates, Edwards was the least likely to become corporate lapdog of the year. He had some unfortunate things against him, which made me less than meh about his [...]
And then there were… umpteen
Posted: 22 January 2008 in UncategorizedTags: fred thompson, giuliani, law and order, mccain, politics, presidential election
Fred Thompson has dropped out of the race for president. I liked him on Law and Order, not so much as a presidential candidate. Now he can go back to doing something he’s relatively good at. I’d feel more secure if Ghouliani dropped out (kudos for the name). His continued presence gives me shivers. He’s [...]
Tales from the Oligarchy
Posted: 20 January 2008 in UncategorizedTags: big corporations, corporate media, iraq war, kucinich, media, politics, presidential election
There is a fine line between conspiracy theory and reasonable deduction. Most would agree it is insane to believe that a group of elite men have existed since before the founding of the United States with the purpose of ruling the world from secret. Most would agree that it is insane to believe that 9/11 [...]
Brother Rudy
Posted: 2 January 2008 in UncategorizedTags: advertising, FUD, giuliani, goebbels, nazis, presidential election, propaganda
Good ole Rudy Giuliani is up to no good. His recent television spot is nothing short of evil. I’m sorry, but when you blatantly use FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) for political gain, you might as well announce your intention to become a tyrant. He’s apparently using the political playbook of Goebbels. By simultaneously portraying [...]
