Comments on: The Republican Problem http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/15/the-republican-problem/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Thad http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/15/the-republican-problem/#comment-73310 Thad Wed, 16 May 2007 17:04:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6223#comment-73310 "...how is the eventual Republican nominee to trick America into voting for him as a mainstream candidate after months of out-conservative-ing each other?" That's actually something I find extremely intriguing: the qualities that win a general election are often not the same ones that win a primary, and primary voters find themselves trying to vote for someone who has the best set of qualities they support without going too far off to the fringe. In game theory this is called "minimaxing" and if I ever go back to school I think it would make a great topic to write a thesis on. “…how is the eventual Republican nominee to trick America into voting for him as a mainstream candidate after months of out-conservative-ing each other?”

That’s actually something I find extremely intriguing: the qualities that win a general election are often not the same ones that win a primary, and primary voters find themselves trying to vote for someone who has the best set of qualities they support without going too far off to the fringe. In game theory this is called “minimaxing” and if I ever go back to school I think it would make a great topic to write a thesis on.

]]> By: Wellstone http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/15/the-republican-problem/#comment-73309 Wellstone Wed, 16 May 2007 16:07:30 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6223#comment-73309 No problem. Let's encourage them to become even MORE "Conservative"!! The candidates will then be fighting over ... lesseee... 28& of the electorate? The National Elections will no longer be 50-50, but 70-30 Dem wins come next November. No problem. Let’s encourage them to become even MORE “Conservative”!!

The candidates will then be fighting over … lesseee… 28& of the electorate?

The National Elections will no longer be 50-50, but 70-30 Dem wins come next November.

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