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Howard Dean at the Liberal Democrat conference
No comments on Howard Dean at the Liberal Democrat conferenceHoward Dean got a standing ovation from the Liberal Democrat conference on Saturday morning. Yet it seemed to me that it was President Obama that the audience were in large part applauding. The ‘Obama Effect’ was a major theme of the 2009 Spring Conference and the sense of relief amongst Lib Dems that George Bush is no longer in the White House was most clearly felt during Dean’s speech. I was slightly disappointed by the…
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Obama on iPlayer
If you are trying to get a handle on what the Obama Presidency might look like then the BBC have two radio documentaries available on their iPlayer that you might find useful: Obama: Professor President looks at Obama’s academic background and what it may mean for his style of government. Available until 13/01/09. Profile: Rahm Emanuel looks at Obama’s Chief of Staff. Available until10/01/09. Source: This content was originally posted on my old Process Guy…
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No to STV for Cincinnati
I posted a while ago about the proposition to switch to the use of STV for elections in the city of Cincinnati. Unfortunately for US electoral reformers they didn’t succeed. Make My Vote Count has the details. Source: This content was originally posted on my old Process Guy blog.
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STV for Cincinnati
The Electoral Reform Society alerts me to the news that one of the issues at stake in November’s US election is a ballot on the proposition to switch to the use of STV for elections in the city of Cincinnati. Apparently many cities in the US historically used some form of PR but, in a backlash against the civil rights movement, vested interests got most of these places to turn to first past the post,…
