Steve Eppley wrote:
IRV might cause polarization even worse than what we already have, since
the effective plurality rule campaign strategy of shifting toward the
centrist swing voters after being nominated--which reduces polarization
somewhat--would risk, under IRV, the late entry of an
Greg doesn't need to twist my arm to get me to agree about spoiling in
Range Voting, depending on the validity of the assumptions one must make
(due to lack of empirical data using RV in high stakes public elections)
about voters' strategizing.
Also, as Greg implicitly pointed out where he
