[EM] IRV & Spoiler Effect

[wclark at xoom.org]

Eric Gorr wrote:

> It would seem that for candidate A to be a spoiler for candidate B,
> it would seem that A & B would need to be clones.

Why do you say that?  I'd think it sufficient for their support to overlap
somewhat, but not necessarily for it to overlap 100% (as in the case of
clones.)  Clones are just an extreme (or idealized) case.

-wclark

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