On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote: > It's sometimes said that, with Approval, if you vote for someone, > it's to your advantage to vote for everyone whom you like more. > I make that suggestion whenever I talk about Approval strategy: > "Vote for the lesser-evil you'd vote for in Plurality, and for > everyone whom you like more." ---- D- Again- real choices (all YES acceptable)- 1 2 3 4 5 E > C > A > B > D simple Approval E = C = A = B = D If D is the lesser evil of a given voter, then D = E = C = A = B All 5 may get majorities but D may get the highest majority. Conditional YES 1 2 3 4 5 E C A B D The NO majority choices (F, G, etc.) have been removed. Votes 2 to 5 are conditional YES. If E fails to get a first choice majority, then the vote for C is counted. If E and C fail to get a majority, then the vote for A is counted. Etc. The vote for lesser evil D is counted only if E, C, A, B all fail to get a majority.
