[EM] Is strategic voting a bad thing, really?

[Forest Simmons]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Bart Ingles wrote:

>
> In general, it's a good thing.  However the NEED or INCENTIVE for
> strategic voting is sometimes a bad thing, if it results in Duvergerian
> equalibria (Plurality, Runoff, Instant Runoff), or in artificial ties or
> "random" outcomes (Borda).

... or if the strategy is so sensitive to information from the polls that
the result can be easily manipulated by disinformation from pollsters with
a conflict of interest, e.g. corporate pollsters who want corporate
friendly candidates to win the election.


Forest

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