I don't understand what you mean by the Youtube brown townogy, could you clarify?
wow, ok.
4 people vote on a video.
2 vote 5 stars.
1 votes 1 star.
1 votes 2 stars.
5 + 5 + 2 + 1 = 13
13 / 4 = 3.25 stars, or above average.
It's above average even though, between the people, only half liked the video and the other half did not. The problem is, one of the people who did not like the video was also an idiot and did not realize that voting anything but 1 or 5 gave their opinion less impact in that kind of an algorithm.
Likewise, if you vote Democratic or Republican you will be with the majority of other voters.
If you vote for the Green Party or Tea Party, (hopefully) you are in the minority.
There is almost no chance of an independent winning. There is a large chance, however, that a Republican or Democratic nominee will win.
If there were 5 different parties instead of 2, voting would be more like investing in the stock market (having to carefully weigh odds and determine if investing in the better company is likely to accomplish more than investing with one more likely to succeed) instead of a democratic process.
Like all systems, this one has problems. Less problems than with a multiple party system (e.g. nobody would loving vote, we have a low enough turnout with 2 parties), but still problems (e.g. both parties can become saturated with morons and nobody is really any more likely to do something worth-while than the other, like it is now).
I'm with the Tea Party Group. Not really a political party, but I listen to what they say and base my opinion off of that. Both of my parents are die hard GOP because my dad believes that Liberals are the anti-Christ.
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