[EM] tactical voting vs different methods

[Juho Laatu]

--- On Wed, 10/6/09, Kevin Venzke <stepjak at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> > How range voting and Condorcet (specifically Schulze)
> > affects the chances of a cooperative and a
> confrontative
> > candidate?
> 
> I have never seen persuasive arguments about the incentives
> for
> candidates to be "cooperative" or "confrontational" under
> various
> untried methods.

I just want to agree with this
viewpoint. I have seen e.g. claims
that Condorcet (that can elect
compromise candidates) would favour
candidates that have no strong
opinions. But I haven't found any
serious basis behind these claims.
In all methods candidates try to
seek optimal position and often
that is close to the centrist
opinions. But differences between
different methods don't seem to
be very meaningful. Other matters
in the societies are more important
in determining the behaviour and
style of the candidates.

(Some methods favour large parties
and that may mean some interest in
emphasizing the role of unified
powerful parties etc, but I'm still
quite far from saying that this
would determine the style of
competition between the candidates.)

Juho