At 11:06 PM +1100 3/21/06, Anthony Duff wrote: >I, like James, have thought about this. It is >particularly relevant in the common Australian >electorate, where the voting pattern is (with A >left, B squeezed centre, C right, extreme and >other random candidates ignored): > >45 ABC >5 BAC >5 BCA >45 CBA > >Even though with IRV, burying your favourites >greatest perceived opponent has little purpose, >people do it. One reason is that your favourite >recommends it, another is that it is >psychologically satisfying. People do this, >even though they can barely decide between A and >C. > >If IRV were quietly substituted by a condorcet >method, then B type candidates would be elected.
Alternatively, we might conclude that 90% of the electorate prefers an even chance of electing their end of the spectrum to trying for a compromise. "So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth." Revelation 3:16. -- /Jonathan Lundell. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
