[EM] Voting Theory and Populism clarification

[Raph Frank]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Kevin Venzke <stepjak at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Actually even if exactly one candidate had majority approval, that would
> not guarantee that they would win a runoff.

It would depend on strategy.  However, if exactly one candidate has
majority approval and nobody else does, then that should mean that he
is preferred to anyone else by a majority.

The only way it isn't true is if some voters approved the candidate
and the didn't approve a candidate that they preferred more.

Most approval strategies say that for any candidate you approve, you
should always approve all candidates you prefer to that candidate.