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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 24, 2018 2:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Electoral College and 1177 BCE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>>>…<span style='color:#222222'>Most of us live in free states. Exi-types tend to cluster more in free states. So… vote for your favorite party. </span>…<span style='color:#222222'>spike</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222'>-----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>>…<span style='color:#222222'>What do mean by free state, sir?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>A free state is any state where one candidate has such an advantage that it can’t be close. In those states, voters are free to vote for whoever they want and not worry about causing the favored candidate to lose that state. About 40 of the states are free that way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>>…<span style='color:#222222'> Name recognition is a powerful factor in elections. Some will look at the candidates and just mark one they know. No one else has 1/1000th the name coverage</span>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Ja, not such a coincidence that a Hollywood type was elected. I can’t remember his name right offhand, but it’s the guy in there now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>>…<span style='color:#222222'>Hollywood press people tell us that just getting the name and face in the news is what they seek. Favorable would be good, but bad is just about as good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#888888;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#888888;background:white'>bill w<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;background:white'>Understatement. It used to be said that bad publicity is better than no publicity. Eventually they discovered that bad publicity is better than good publicity. The current guy (whose name I cannot recall) started a war with the press, they fell for it, gave him bad publicity. It worked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;background:white'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>