[EM] Voting Theory and Populism

[Greg Nisbet]

I question what the behavior of AT2R has to do with the original
topic, but here's my two cents.

With regards to clones:

8 A
7 B
6 C


 The A vs B faceoff is correct. Moving on...

8 A
8 A*
7 B
6 C

A vs A* faceoff is also correct here is why.

What you accuse of being clone-positivity is in fact clone-neutrality.

You cloned the best candidate in the election. How is it unreasonable
that it should face off against itself? For one of the A's (which
one?) to be kicked off, the method would have to be clone negative.

The Half Reweight on the surface might appear to be a reasonable idea
to correct this, but I think that it creates more problems than it
solves. It means that voters can shoot themselves in the foot by
voting for a popular candidate. This effectively means that voters
must decide between voting for a candidate that is likely to win thus
hindering their chances for getting a second place candidate nominated
or if they don't approve them, someone worse may win. I'd argue that
the Half Reweight causes more dilemmas than it fixes.

I'd say that regular approval voting is better than approval runoff or IAR.