> I would like to emphasise that I don't think Approval is a terrible method.
> I actually think it is very good for non-political elections, and certainly
> better than Plurality, IRV, Cardinal Ratings, Borda &c. for political
> elections (except in the case of two very strong candidates and a bunch of
> frivolous candidates, where IRV might be marginally better, but IRV does so
> much worse in any other situation that I don't believe it is a good
> proposal).
I would have thought that this would be a case were Approval works
especially well: provided people realise which candidates are strong and
which are frivolous, a sincere vote which approves one of the
frontrunners and disapproves the other will suffice.
That said, all election methods work well in that case: even IRV - it's
the tricky cases which are more important...
