[EM] Approval Voting
Jonathan Lundell
jlundell at pobox.com
Mon May 6 14:14:50 PDT 2013
On 6 May 2013, at 2:08 PM, Jonathan Denn <info at aGREATER.US> wrote:
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> Plurality voting without the Electoral College
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> In a three way race for POTUS. Let's say we have the traditional D and R. A fringe third party candidate runs and is widely hated (H) by everyone except his/her supporters. But the final results are
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> H 34%
> D 33%
> R 33%
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> Now the hated candidate is leader of the free world.
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> In Approval Voting, I think it unlikely in this hyper-partisan country that many voters will vote for D & R, and not H. So the results might very well be the same.
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> Is this a legit flaw for Approval? It seems quite plausible to me.
Sure.
Suppose the plurality numbers (could be approval with 100% bullet voting) were:
H 32
R 33
D 35
D wins. But suppose that 5 D's decide to approve R in an effort to avoid the possible election of H, but the R's are determined to bullet-vote:
H 32
R 38
D 35
Oops.
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