On May 27, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Juho Laatu wrote:
On 28.5.2012, at 1.47, Dave Ketchum wrote:
As soon as ability to vote for A=B is in your future you think of
wanting ability to vote for Favorite>Comprmise, as is doable in IRV
- matters only that Favorite is your favorite, not the possibility
of Favorite actually winning.
Yes, people want to promote their favourite even if he might not
win. Getting lots of support (although not enough to win) means that
this candidate will gain political power in general. Voters may also
prepare for the next electons where their favourite might already
win. Voters are also optimists in the sense that they estimate the
winning chances of their favourites to be higher than they actually
are. People hope that also other people will see the good properties
of their favourite, that will then get more votes. One example in
the current system is Nader that gets considerable support although
he is not lkely to win. People want to rank him first although that
takes a vote away from their compromise candidate.
As we improve election methods, their echoing desirability of
candidates improves. As this improves, desirability of copying what
attracts votes improves. Net of all this is good expectation of
better elected officers with better election methods such as Condorcet.
DWK
Juho
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