At 08:58 PM 1/21/2010, Terry Bouricius wrote:
Kathy, I will refrain from the "majority" discussion, as that is off topic.
It is very much on-topic. The spoiler effect is a problem because it can shift results from a true majority result to one actually opposed by a majority of voters. And this is the case with both versions of the spoiler effect, and it is why the spoiler effect is consider a harm. Eliminating one kind of spoiler effect, while leaving in place another which is actually more pernicious, as seen in Burlington, is foolish.
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