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

Kristofer Munsterhjelm km_elmet at lavabit.com
Fri Nov 25 01:50:59 PST 2011


David L Wetzell wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Jameson Quinn <jameson.quinn at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jameson.quinn at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>     How? By people returning to lesser-evil voting, but possibly between
>>     progressives and democrats? That's not a solution in my book.
> 
> 
> The two major-party equilibrium would be centered around the de facto 
> center.   

But positioning yourself around the de facto center is dangerous in IRV. 
You might get center-squeezed unless either you or your voters start 
using strategic lesser-evil logic - the same sort of logic that IRV was 
supposed to free you from by "being impervious to spoilers".




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