[EM] More non-altruistic attacks on IRV usage.

[Jameson Quinn]

2011/11/22 David L Wetzell <wetzelld at gmail.com>

> Aye, and that still looks better than a two-stage with a 40% cutoff(what's
> in place now) or FPTP.


Yes.


> If they had stuck with IRV in Burlington, the perceived flaws would have
> worked themselves out.
>

How? By people returning to lesser-evil voting, but possibly between
progressives and democrats? That's not a solution in my book. And even if
it were, it will take several elections before the time that the spoiler
isn't the first-round winner so that people can realize they're a spoiler.


> In the US, three-way close races are not common and can be mitigated in
> other ways, such as are already at work with FPTP.
>

I don't want to "mitigate" (that is, try to avoid) them, I want to handle
them correctly.

Jameson
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