ROUND 6--Who do you NOT want to see get the Democratic nomination?

[rateyes]

I cannot edit a poll to let you know that another round is coming. I WILL POST AT THE END OF EACH THREAD WHEN A NEW ROUND BEGINS. Thanks for getting Round 5 to the greatest page...now, let's do it with Round 6 AND THANKS, EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP:

UPDATE: Round 1--Hillary was eliminated by a strong majority of 61%---Round 2--Dennis was eliminated with a plurality of 33%----Round 3--Mike was eliminated with a majority of 54%--Round 4 Results-- Barack Obama was eliminated with a plurality of 44%

ROUND 5 Results: Joe Biden is eliminated with a plurality of 40%

THREE CANDIDATES REMAIN: Again, the reminder: I'm going to post a poll asking you to vote for the person you LEAST desire to get the Democratic nomination for POTUS. The winner (who will actually be the loser) will be dropped from the list, and I'll post another poll with that candidate's name removed. I will repeat the process, until, by elimination, one candidate is "chosen" by those participating.

Remember vote for the one you DON'T want to get the nomination. I'd appreciate if you will keep this kicked. I'm doing an experiment. The candidates are presented in alphabetical order.

Of those remaining who do you want to eliminate from getting the nomination? Again, in alphabetical order:

[rateyes]

1. kicking again, for exposure....will appreciate recs. Thanks.

[againes654]

2. K&R

[rateyes]

4. Hanging in there againes....hope you don't get

hypoglycemic from hunger!

[againes654]

16. ROFL, I am having popcorn and enjoying the show

:popcorn:

[robinlynne]

20. me too, i dont want to leave my seat. i actually have work to do but....

[liberaldemocrat7]

43. I do believe DU people will unite behind Edwards to derail Hillary.

In my view.

[robinlynne]

46. I'm in.

[SteelPenguin]

3. Off wit' Dodd's 'ead

Basing this one on the truthiness in my gut.

[rateyes]

5. SteelPenguin to be coronated the Queen of Hearts!!

:hi:

[cascadiance]

10. I think Dodd's done too now!

[AllyCat]

6. Dodd is at least somewhat against the war and would end it sooner

than Edwards. Out with Edwards.

[Bake]

7. Instead of endless rounds of polls

I think it's pretty clear that there's a sizeable contingent of DUers who would rather not vote or vote 3rd party rather than see HRC get the nod. Why not just come out front with it? Isn't that the point?

Bake

[AllyCat]

9. She's not even in the "running"

If that was the point, why wouldn't the polls have just ended when she lost in oh, uh, ROUND 1?

[cascadiance]

14. I'm betting the last poll he has "after" these polls is the winner against HRC one on one...

That would be interesting!

[Rhythm and Blue]

11. Well, HRC got out in the very first round,

so I can't see that being the point. I don't know what his angle is in ranking candidates by unacceptability rather than by preference, but it's interesting.

[renie408]

12. No, I don't think that's the point.

I think the point is something about the candidate we find least offensive and whether or not THAT might not be the best candidate.

[rateyes]

15. No. Not quite. Because, I don't think that most DUers

would not vote for Hillary in the General Election. And, if you don't want to participate, that's OK. Your comment, too, helps me. Thanks.

[robinlynne]

8. Rat, wait for a certain number of votes before you moveon, so you have some real

data.

[rateyes]

17. Well, the first post got around 95 votes after an hour...

the ones hitting the greatest page go faster. Plus, it some it seems that the percentages weren't changing much after the first 15 minutes or so. I just kind of "gut check" it. If the percentages are very close, then I'll leave them up longer. Thanks.

[gateley]

13. This is the first time I'm thrilled Biden LOST in a poll! This is great and really

thought provoking -- thank you. :yourock:

[rateyes]

18. I think it's been interesting...

I've seen some surprises for me.

[robinlynne]

19. Now wouldn't it be great if we had real elections in our country? Where our votes actually counted

as cast? That would be some fun...

[rateyes]

22. I agree....When the Constitution was first adopted...

there were no President/VP tickets. The winner was president, and the second place finisher was vice-president. I'm not sure we did the country a favor by doing away with that.

[hedgehog]

21. Are you going to run a matching series after this one in which

people vote for who they want and drop out the candidate with the lowest vote each round?

[rateyes]

23. That would be a good idea...but, why don't you do that?

I am going to run one more poll after this series, though, and then give my interpretation of the results, and the point behind running these polls.

:hi:

[hedgehog]

25. I'm afraid I'd be accused of offering a push poll! nt

[rateyes]

31. Don't worry about it. Do it anyway. nt

[SteelPenguin]

24. It's too bad you can't do a borda count

I've always found those to be fairly interesting.

[robinlynne]

26. was ist das?

[cascadiance]

30. I think he's talking about instant runoff voting...

... where you rank your choices in order. That would be an interesting comparison. Perhaps we could talk DU into adding this as a way of championing it later in real life too!

[robinlynne]

35. There is an instant runoff bill up for vote in california right now.

[SteelPenguin]

36. Borda Count

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borda_count

Basically you rank your choices in order, and each one gets point in reverse order.

So if you say had five candidates, you'd choose one as first, and he'd get 5 points, second would get 4, third would get 3. Same for everyone who votes.

Then the one with the most votes wins. So you have to have a general high popularity in order to win. In other words it will elect a person more broadly liked. It would basically make it tough for people to play to their bases, because they'd have to appeal to everyone at least a little bit.

We did it to pick my daughter's name ;)

[gateley]

28. What's a borda count? (Again, my lack of political savvy rears its ugly head.) nt

[robinlynne]

37. you're not alone.

[rateyes]

34. Yeah, that would be interesting.

Wish we could do it, too.

[rateyes]

27. ROUND 7 HAS STARTED...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2006938

[SaveAmerica]

40. Dadgum, are these lightning rounds or what!!! All elections should be like this -

Post information about candidates on a web page and in papers, the next day start lightning round eliminations. No money exchanges hands, no POLITICAL COMMERCIALS weeee!, last one standing wins.

[Blackhatjack]

29. What is interesting is where do the candidates supporters go once their candidate bites the dust?

I ran a thread that asked for people to name their second choice if their candidate were to drop out, and with the few responses I got there were some clear directional lines that could be drawn.

[rateyes]

33. You make a good point. nt

[robinlynne]

38. But in reality, once our candidate bites the dust, we don't get a second choice.

[robinlynne]

39. Actually, the primaries should be everyone, then another race between the top 2.

That would be a fairer race. but would cost millions.

[Blue_In_AK]

32. This one is very difficult

because I don't have serious problems with any of these candidates. While I'm thinking about it, you'll probably move on to the next poll. :evilgrin:

ed. Aha - just as I thought. Round 7 is up.

[Stand and Fight]

41. Richardson.

The man is shifty and I don't trust him one iota.

[Prophet 451]

42. bookmarking for self n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

44. Looking at this through my weird looking glass Dodd & Richardson stay--Edwards goes

I like Edward's positions on the issues but I seriously question his experience and judgment when it came to the Iraq war. He's never run anything big and only spent one term in the Senate.

Dodd & Richardson have not set the political world on fire but both have solid experience.

We're hiring a president here folks, someone who can clean up the mess that eight years of Bush have left.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

45. Gore, only Gore.

Kucinich is unelectable, Obama would be a great VP candidate and the rest are simply unacceptable for me.

I'm a lifelong enthusiastic Democrat going back to voting for JFK in grade school. If Gore isn't the nominee, I'm ready to say the hell with it!!!

[Swamp Rat]

47. Ga-Ga for Gore

:D

[RiverStone]

48. I've never seen the show Survivor

But is this like Survivor on DU? :)