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Warren Smith said: >....you note that any time a new candidate X entering the race swings the winner from Y to Z, that benefits somebody (namely Z, here) This is not true in most if not all of the General Elections. 90-99% of the General elections involve two major candidates and some minor candidates. The winner will be one of the major candidates. In IRV the minor candidates votes are drop and their votes are now cast for one of the major candidates. If the minor candidate had not entered then supposedly they would have voted for that same major candidate. Example: Nader entering and then being drop by IRV would be the same as Nader not entering the race. I.e. Gore wins either way. You are right in some cases where you have 3 equal candidates. Don Hoffard
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