Anela Cistine
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2011.10.18 03:13:00 -
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pussnheels wrote:So with 7000 members when even 1/2 of them vote with all their second or third account you already have a large percentage of the voters turnpout
It isn't 7000 + x, it's 7000 - x. Most goons have at least one character from each account in Goonswarm. I have 2 accounts, both accounts have 2 goons, so I show up as 4 goons, but get only 2 votes. The only accounts likely to have 0 goonswarm characters are those who need a "clean API" for spying and corp scams, which is honestly not as many as you think. Goonswarm probably controls less than 4,000 votes.
The problem isn't large nulsec voting blocs, it is the disorganization apathy of independent players. It is simple to fix. Not easy, but simple. You have all the tools you need.
- Well before the election, have all the independent candidates agree to abide by a straw poll. The 50 or so guys that are thinking of running for CSM have a pre-election. They agree ahead of time that only the top 5 or 10 (or whatever) will officially enter the election, and the others will throw all their support behind the winners. The goal is to get the total list of candidates down to under 20, so that there is some chance average players will actually read about the candidates. A wall of 50 guys who want a free trip to Iceland is a turn off.
- Use your combined expertise and resources to polish your message and get it out there to the eve community. Try to get popular bloggers to push one each, and explain why that one guy is a great choice for CSM.
- Get the 80% of players who never bother to vote to pres buttan for one of your guys. Overcoming voter apathy isn't easy. You could try travelling around highsec pasting links to the voting page into local, I guess. The easier you make it to vote, the more likely people are to do it.
As long as everyone with a valid passport and some free time is competing for the non-alliance vote, even small alliances will be able to steamroll the election. You need fewer, better candidates if you want to compete. You need to reinvent party politics. |