tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post3559786416697086836..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Lame Counterfactuals for $600, AlexSteve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-89548615154444044052016-06-19T17:16:42.020-04:002016-06-19T17:16:42.020-04:00Sure, not for political scientists who can quickly...Sure, not for political scientists who can quickly diagnose how lame this is.Steve Saidemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-8160757264577313872016-06-19T15:53:17.881-04:002016-06-19T15:53:17.881-04:00I'm with Andrew. This is not for an audience ...I'm with Andrew. This is not for an audience of Political Scientists.L'il Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282692963428671643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-27736486123520130392016-06-19T15:42:15.382-04:002016-06-19T15:42:15.382-04:00What do you expect from The Economist? I have this...What do you expect from The Economist? I have this perpetual feeling that they never really think through anything they publish.Ashley Gileshttp://www.ashleygiles.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-68979197003616662762016-06-19T14:27:49.597-04:002016-06-19T14:27:49.597-04:00One factual that you seem to have missed is that a...One factual that you seem to have missed is that according to the footnote, this is not based on primary results, but rather on a poll carried out between April 22nd and April 26th. ;)<br /><br />The only thing I find misleading is the label "Parliament". But they're trying to make things concise... "What if the United States Elected Its Representatives Using Proportional Representation, and Each of the Last Five Remaining Presidential Candidates Headed Their Own Party, How Many House Seats Would Each Party win?" wouldn't be quite as snappy, or fit as well.<br /><br />First-past-the-post, winner-take-all systems (whether parliamentary or Presidential) tend to exaggerate divisions and make different parts of the country seem more different and more polarized than they really are. It's our current system of determining "winners" that's inherently misleading. So I think this graphic is very useful in providing some visual clarity about who Americans actually support, when their preferences are not distorted by the 2-party first-past-the-post system.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770088360410717523noreply@blogger.com