[EM] What happens when Approval doesn't let you vote Favorite>Dem>Repub?

[Dave Ketchum]

On May 27, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Juho Laatu wrote:
> On 28.5.2012, at 1.47, Dave Ketchum wrote:
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>> As soon as ability to vote for A=B is in your future you think of  
>> wanting ability to vote for Favorite>Comprmise, as is doable in IRV  
>> - matters only that Favorite is your favorite, not the possibility  
>> of Favorite actually winning.
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> Yes, people want to promote their favourite even if he might not  
> win. Getting lots of support (although not enough to win) means that  
> this candidate will gain political power in general. Voters may also  
> prepare for the next electons where their favourite might already  
> win. Voters are also optimists in the sense that they estimate the  
> winning chances of their favourites to be higher than they actually  
> are. People hope that also other people will see the good properties  
> of their favourite, that will then get more votes. One example in  
> the current system is Nader that gets considerable support although  
> he is not lkely to win. People want to rank him first although that  
> takes a vote away from their compromise candidate.

As we improve election methods, their echoing desirability of  
candidates improves.  As this improves, desirability of copying what  
attracts votes improves.  Net of all this is good expectation of  
better elected officers with better election methods such as Condorcet.
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DWK
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> Juho