Re: electors
Bill Smoot wrote:
>
> What I was referring to about the "block of votes" from the West Coast was that
> West Coast judges in voting FOR a Dykes Medal winner naturally vote for
> something that grows well in THEIR gardens. It is hard NOT to vote FOR
> something that looks fantastic every year. If a particular West Coast iris does
> not do well on the East Coast or Central, oops almost said coast <grin> those
> judges don't have the opportunity to vote AGAINST that iris. Instead, they
> vote for other irises, which in effect, splits their potential voting power.
> NOW, if they all voted FOR one particular iris then they could sway the next
> Dykes Medal Winner. OR if they had the power to vote AGAINST an iris, then they
> could greatly affect the DM winner! It's not how you count the votes, but all
> in the distribution.
Unless I miss the logic here isn't the reverse also true? Irises that grow well on the
east coast and not on the west would get overwhelming votes from the east. Maybe there
aren't any of those.
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