Further note. Burlington probably would not have happened under plurality. Of course, the same ballots would have given the same results - but Duverger's Law would have probably made voters act differently, so that the Democrat would have stayed in the race.
General point: you can't just compare systems under the same ballots; you have to look at the probable strategies from the same electorate. JQ 2011/9/24 Kristofer Munsterhjelm <[email protected]> > Andy Jennings wrote: > >> Very good example. Thanks. >> > > Also note that even if IRV dominated Plurality on results, IRV fails > certain criteria that Plurality passes. IRV is not summable, but Plurality > is. Hence IRV could lead to worse results in places where ballot tampering > happen. > > ---- > Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info >
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