Originally Posted by
Grey_Wolf_c
OK, I get what you are saying, but I still disagree that just because an atomic component of a vote is discarded, that the compound vote should be discarded. I consider each combination independent from every other. Sure, A lost. But if A+B has a majority, why would that matter? All that tells me is that A was half of a good idea. I'd vote for more salt while not voting for more sodium or more chlorine. A combined vote is sometimes better than the sum of its parts.