Originally Posted by Felicia Katt
No disrespect to anyone involved, but having a lump all category like Best Transsexual, with one FTM and 5 MTF, is like having a Best Pet contest with 1 dog and 5 cats. The 5 cats will split the cat fans votes while the dog will get all the pro-dog votes and all the anti-cat ones . If the voters were evenly divided between cat fans and dog fans, the dog would get 50 per cent of the votes, and the cats would average 10 per cent each. Thats a huge margin, and it means that if only 25 per cent of the dog fans voted, the dog would still probably get more votes than any one cat would. Even if there are way more cat fans than dog fans, say 4 to 1 or 80 per cent to 20 per cent, the dog would get 20 per cent of the votes and the cats would average at 16 per cent of the vote. Similarly, if only 10 or 20 per cent of the voters were cat haters and would never vote for a cat, the dog would likely get more anti-cat votes than the total pro cat votes than any single cat would get. Its pretty close to impossible for a cat to win under those circumstances.
But Buck ddn't make the rules, and its unfair to blame him for their result. Congrats to him for the award and to all the nominees. It really is an honor to be recognized for your work.
FK