Why USWP Congress is Best Congress - Fully Explained
Gnilraps
Day 3200 of the New World
August 24, 2016
Hoist that rag!
16 Shells would like to take a moment to remind you to cast your vote in the Congressional election.
I would personaly like to take a moment to implore you to cast your vote specifically for the United States Workers Party candidates.
Since it is always possible that some who are reading this may be experiencing their first real Congressional Election, I’d like to spend a few sentences just explaining how the eRepublik Congressional Election process works.
Only the top five parties (based on party membership) are allowed to propose candidates for Congress. Members of non-top-five parties are able to switch to a top five party and run, but not after the 23rd of the month. (If you plan to do this, I recommend contacting the Party President a few weeks prior to the 25th to start a relationship there.)
All candidates must declare (on the “My Party” page in eRepublik) by the 23rd of the month. In theory, it shouldn’t matter when you declare, as long as you do so in time…
...because on the 24th day of each month, the President of each top five party re-arranges the list of candidates based on whatever devices that party has chosen to determine its list order. SFP, for instance, leaves its list up to a party ballot. At USWP we assign positions based on overall awesomeness, an average of awesomeness scores in 10 unique awesomeness categories. For this reason it has long been recommended that all awesome players should join USWP. This is also the reason you should cast your vote for the USWP candidates. It just creates a more awesome Congress that way.
Moving along, on the 25th, you will be asked to vote for a party. That may seem odd, considering the fact that you are actually electing a congress filled with individuals, but Plato. Whichever Party receives your vote benefits in the following way:
After the 25th is over, Plato examines the votes that were cast, potentially weeding out any illegally cast votes (some people cheat in this game, it is well known). On the 27th, the results are posted. Each top five party will (most likely) have gathered some share of the total votes cast. These votes are converted into a percentage of total votes.
Let’s create an example: USWP gains 50% of all votes cast while WTP gains 2%.
In this example, Congress would be 50% filled with USWP candidates, beginning from the top of the list. Meanwhile Congress would be 2% filled with WTP candidates, beginning (and probably ending) with the top of the list.
How many congressmen will get elected to eUSA Congress in total?
This is factored from the number of regions occupied by eUSA.
As you can see on eRep’s wiki page, eUSA’s (as of this writing) 53 regions will result in a Congress that is 53 members strong.
Lastly, someone eager to participate in Congress should understand that the inter-party community of eUSA (comprised of leaders and legends from almost every significant party in the country) conducts all of its affairs on the eUS Forum. This may bother some players which is understandable. However the Forum has proven time and again to be the most fair way to maintain good order, work together, and have maximum fun. If you are a new player and you see people poo-pooing the eUS Forums, make note of who they are and walk away. It is my advice that they are giving you bad advice.
One quick word about USWP Candidates for Congress:
AWESOME.
I probably should have given myself more than just one word…
Remember, the USWP is the party of WORKERS.
We love to work within the mechanics of the game in order to achieve the highest success. And we do.
I also want to thank the (eUSA - leading) 27 WORKERS who thrust their ‘taters deeply into the meat curtains. You’ve done us all proud.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled clicking
Comments
That oughta clear up a few things around here.
I will be impressed when find it in your heart to end your grudges and support my unblacklisting.
The taters thing is still weird.
hater
I love this.
Vv
I hate work, would rather a party that plays.
Sorry. Srs bzns
Got ya covered Chutley
How do the members get a congressional nomination?
We invite everyone to sign up, then the PP will talk with the leadership and anyone who signed up they might have questions for...and then they set the list.
Thank You!
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Gnil, I guess you don't think SFP is awesome any longer? You were singing their praises not all that long ago.
And the best part is that they believed him!
I haven't written anything disparaging about them. But I did not have a great experience there and so I left. No hard feelings.
#dicksoutforUSWP
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Readers Digest Version: A vote for USWP is a vote for awesomeness!
Work is for suckers.
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'However the Forum has proven time and again to be the most fair way to maintain good order, work together, and have maximum fun.'
So far this month Congress' business has been conducted mostly outside that forum by those 'in the loop' and those forums have been almost completely silent. So could you explain how it is fair to all and where the fun is?
I have found it possible to explain it satisfactorily to almost everyone except you, so I am left with the distinct feeling that you are choosing stubbornly to intentionally not understand.
Okay.
When a sports team wins 7 to 6. They don't lose the game because they didn't win big enough. Sometimes, proposals that have won the vote 7 to 6 do not pass because they didn't win big enough.
Please, explain why Congress uses a 'plurality votes' and how that is 'fair to everyone'?
"fair to everyone" is a Utopian fantasy that is impossible to realize on this earth. So we settle for "most fair" and do what we can to accommodate those who feel disenfranchised by the result. At least that is as it should be.
The current system - and of course there is always room for discussion about tweaks and fixes - is the "most fair" system.
Quite frankly, the very fact that you continue to get included in congress despite your vociferous objections to how it is conducted AS WELL AS your numerous documented leaks and mis-steps serves as a fantastic test case for "fairness". Somehow the eUS Forum Congress has even managed to be more than fair to you!
Congress tells citizens to work from within the system for change. Since I agree with that I run for Congress exactly so I can be a vociferous voice against Congress. It is called 'working within the system' for change.
Yes, I as well as many others have leaked Private Congressional information. Just like some have defected to the enemy and been allowed to gain their citizenship back, while others who have done the same are denied repatriation.
The ability of those forums to censure, blacklist and ban citizens at will is the major objection I have to the Congress being hosted there.
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