While it seems that Nader's bid for the Presidency has little effect on the outcome, this author thinks differently. Interesting to see that Nader was an unknowing Republican shill back in 2004.
The math behind the vote Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 352 pages, $25), by William Poundstone: Most analysts doubt Ralph Nader's bid for the White House will divide Democrats and tip the presidency to Republicans in 2008. After all, he received less than 0.4 percent of the vote in 2004, down from nearly 3 percent in 2000.
But according to William Poundstone's new book on voting, tipping the vote is exactly what Nader has sought to do.
To draw votes from Democrats,
Republicans paid cash to get Nader on the 2004 ballot — an enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend tactic that both parties used to divide and cherry pick congressional opponents from San Diego to Pennsylvania in 2006, Poundstone says in "Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)."
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