[EM] Voting Theory and Populism

[Raph Frank]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Kevin Venzke <stepjak at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Maybe I haven't read closely enough. I thought the method was to simply
> have a runoff between the top two approved candidates.
>
> In the example mentioned, it didn't seem to me that anybody had majority
> approval, in which case it isn't clear who would win a runoff. Maybe I
> was misreading the scores as actual ballots.

I meant that under strategy, the effect of clones should be reduced.
If A is cloned, then the B + C supporters can react by only approving
B, so B gets through.  When there is only one A, then there is less
incentive for C's supporters to support B.

Ofc, if there is ideal strategy, then there is no need for the run
off, as the voters will just pick the condorcet winner directly.