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Originally Posted by John F
In the end, IMO, participation should be the goal (actually reading and discussing the book), not on some distribution curve of poll results.
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Originally Posted by issybird
That's why I like the open poll. There's a much greater likelihood of selecting a book that's appealing to a large group. With closed voting, you can get a selection of interest to only a tiny plurality (especially if the nominees include more than one book of appeal to a larger subset).
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With hidden voting you get the book that's of greatest interest to more people instead of one of two or three books that got the greatest number of votes the fastest. Even Nyssa said she might have voted differently had she been able to see the votes. Voting for her #2 choice is not the same as voting for your #1 choice. The November poll was fair. The choices were made based on the #1 choice, not because your #1 choice has no hope in heck of winning. It seems to me that you just don't truly understand this.