Daniel Bishop wrote:
Eric Gorr wrote:
In a recent conversation with an IRV supporter I asked the question:
What cases would you accept as failure of IRV?
They answered:
Where the general public (or a significant fraction of it) failed to accept the results as legitimate, or at least beyond question. The 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections are examples of failed elections. San Franciso's election was heralded as a success.
They also believe that IRV has never failed to produce a fully satisfactory result. Can anyone provide evidence to the contrary?
It's going to be hard to find an example.
I think you have misunderstood the kind of example I am looking for.
Take a real case where IRV was used in an election. By the above definition of a failure, one may see many newsreports of a widespread belief that the winner was a poor one.
If such a case exists, it would be easy to spot.
The only thing that makes this hard is that I am not sure anyone has taken a close look at every election in which IRV was used.
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