Catching my breath
These past three weeks have been rather intense ones, from a blogging perspective. The convergence of the Canadian federal election and the UK referendum on the Alternative Vote led to a massive increase in traffic for this blog, so much so that I started looking into the keyword search activity that was leading people here [...]
How the AV referendum killed the republican movement
In an earlier post, I wrote that referendums aren’t very useful means of deciding key policy issues and that the entire referendum campaign on the Alternative Vote has been rather disgraceful. This view has only been reinforced following news today that the No side admits it used completely made-up figures when it claimed adopting AV [...]
The May 2011 Canadian election under AV
(Note: If you are looking for statistical data re: the 2 May 2011 Canadian federal election, please visit Elections Canada or the Pundits’ Guide to Canadian Federal Elections [which uses Elections Canada data].) I came across a couple of blog posts written by people in the UK looking at what transpired in Monday’s general election [...]
The 2011 Canadian Federal election – initial thoughts
(Please see this post for an update – the May 2 election redone using AV.) I will write a more detailed post at some point in the future once final statistics are available. What follows are simply a few quick observations, mostly aimed at UK readers pondering how to vote in the AV referendum. Canada’s [...]
An interesting observation
I’m not the sort of blogger who pays much attention to my blog statistics. I write about things that interest me the most, and if some of my posts eventually find readers, that’s great. But it’s not my goal to have the most popular blog, or to try to attract a huge readership. I have [...]
How are votes counted under AV?
Quite a few people seem to be looking for a clear explanation of how AV voting will work in the UK if the referendum comes to pass on May 5. I’ve posted this before, but here is a quick video that provides a very simple explanation, delivered in an amusing way: For those who want [...]
Fisking David Cameron
Fisking: A point-by-point refutation of a blog entry or (especially) news story. A really stylish fisking is witty, logical, sarcastic and ruthlessly factual; flaming or handwaving is considered poor form. The following is my attempt at fisking this essay by Prime Minister David Cameron on why people should vote No to AV. I don’t know [...]
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