I wonder if any of the math-fun list are aware of quadratic voting? http://ericposner.com/quadratic-voting/ Sounds like something the Koch brothers might favor. Brent
Sounds like something the Koch brothers might favor.
A quick search shows that they've donated $100 million to further various causes. This would have the same voting power as 2.5% of Cleveland, if each citizen there paid only $1, and if the brothers spent all their money on a single election. That seems like pretty limited reach. Much more powerful would be organizations that could convince a large number of people to donate relatively small sums. Unions, organized crime, existing politicians, etc. If you could get 50,000 people to increase their vote from $1 to $1.50 you'd have more influence than the Kochs. But this effect is sufficiently powerful that I imagine the whole game would be getting large numbers of people to lend their support, just as it is now. So I don't expect this would make a great difference. Charles Greathouse Analyst/Programmer Case Western Reserve University On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM, meekerdb <meekerdb@verizon.net> wrote:
I wonder if any of the math-fun list are aware of quadratic voting?
http://ericposner.com/quadratic-voting/
Sounds like something the Koch brothers might favor.
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Their budget for the 2016 elections is $889,000,000. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/us/politics/kochs-plan-to-spend-900-millio... That gives them the power of 11% of the registered voters in Cleveland or 17% of the power of the actual turnout in the Presidential election. And of course it only takes a few of percentage points to swing most elections. But you're right that the Koch brothers would probably be better off using their money to persuade the $1.00 voters than investing directly in votes. Brent On 5/4/2015 11:25 AM, Charles Greathouse wrote:
Sounds like something the Koch brothers might favor. A quick search shows that they've donated $100 million to further various causes. This would have the same voting power as 2.5% of Cleveland, if each citizen there paid only $1, and if the brothers spent all their money on a single election. That seems like pretty limited reach.
Much more powerful would be organizations that could convince a large number of people to donate relatively small sums. Unions, organized crime, existing politicians, etc. If you could get 50,000 people to increase their vote from $1 to $1.50 you'd have more influence than the Kochs.
But this effect is sufficiently powerful that I imagine the whole game would be getting large numbers of people to lend their support, just as it is now. So I don't expect this would make a great difference.
Charles Greathouse Analyst/Programmer Case Western Reserve University
On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM, meekerdb <meekerdb@verizon.net> wrote:
I wonder if any of the math-fun list are aware of quadratic voting?
http://ericposner.com/quadratic-voting/
Sounds like something the Koch brothers might favor.
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