[EM] IRV & Spoiler Effect

[Eric Gorr]

At 2:43 PM -0400 5/12/04, wclark at xoom.org wrote:
>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.

Clones do not need to overlap 100% either.

I'd give you Tideman's definition of what a Clone is, but I don't 
have it in front of me at the moment. Perhaps someone else does...