robert bristow-johnson wrote:
likewise, when the IRV method chooses the same candidate as Condorcet
would (which is what would happen if the Condorcet winner makes it into
the IRV final round), we can say "Hey, IRV did pretty good!" but if IRV
fails to elect the Condorcet winner, it doesn't make IRV appear more
legitimate to the electorate.
so, in both cases; Electoral College and IRV, i would ask "Why bother?"
if the measure of goodness of the election result is how congruent it is
with the Popular vote or Condorcet, respectively, why not just use the
Popular vote and Condorcet instead of something that tries to
approximate either?
Well, Fairvote would like to make us believe that some cases, if the
Condorcet winner had won, we'd all be saying "but wait! He didn't have
enough core support! Boo!".
(Presumably we should also be saying, if the Plurality winner won, "but
wait! Lots of people second-ranked someone else! Boo!". One might wonder
how much "core support" is enough.)
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