[EM] Why the concept of "sincere" votes in Range is flawed.

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Nov 25, 2008, at 8:45 PM, Kevin Venzke wrote:

> --- En date de : Mar 25.11.08, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <abd at lomaxdesign.com 
> > a écrit :
>> What Approval sincerely represents from a voter is a
>> *decision* as to where to place an Approval cutoff.
>
> But is it not true that what *all* methods sincerely represent from a
> voter are the decisions related to voting under that method?
>
> If a decision makes sense in a given context, then that is a sincere
> decision. Is that not your stance?

It shouldn't be. "Sincere" is a term of art in this context, not a  
value judgement. An insincere vote is simply one that does not  
represent the preference of the voter if the voter were a dictator.  
There's nothing *wrong* with voting insincerely (or, equivalently,  
strategically), in this sense; a voter has a right to do their best to  
achieve an optimum result in a particular context.