[EM] Approval vs. IRV

[Bart Ingles]

James Green-Armytage wrote:

 >
 >> That's why we want an election method that can find the compromise 
choice that serves 60% of the people when we might otherwise get some 
faction's 40% or 41% choice.
 >
 >
 >
 >     Of course, majoritarian methods like Condorcet can't guarantee 
60%, or
 > anything over 50.00001%. But anyway, I agree with you that the
 > probabilistic "timeshare" approach is not a good one for serious public
 > offices (mayor, president, etc.) or decisions.


It might be reasonable for some offices, especially when the office 
carries limited power (e.g. "weak mayor" cities).