[EM] Voting Theory and Populism

[Dave Ketchum]

Diego Santos <diego.renato at gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry, my computer objects to something you wrote.

> What strategy is it designed to protect against?
> 
> Improved Approval Runoff is a trying to fix Two-round runoff, 
> to avoid cases like 2002 French presidential election. 
> You can approve your favourite candidate with low chances of 
> winning, and other satisfactory frontrunner.

The French voted on equivalent of m1, m2, m3, m4, or, and ol.

or and ol got to the runoff and the French thought of rioting because none 
of the m's got to the runoff.

Agreed they need something better than FPTP, but Approval does not help. 
Backers of the various m's would gladly vote preference for all m's over 
the  o's - but they want to show preference among the ms, the same thought 
that made them distribute their votes among the m's.

Condorcet ranking would let them express their desires.
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