[EM] Does anyone know who this douchebag is?

robert bristow-johnson rbj at audioimagination.com
Sun Oct 24 16:12:14 PDT 2021


He's probably on this mailing list and is reading this right now.

from https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/qa1f2i/why_do_people_say_approval_voting_is_immune_to/hhgmvqn/?context=3 

> from NeoTheLiberal via /r/EndFPTP sent 3 days ago
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> > Tactical voting is "I really like Bernie but how do I keep Trump from winning?"
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> I wrote the most comprehensive page there is on tactical voting.
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> https://electionscience.org/library/tactical-voting-basics/
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> Tactical voting means trying to maximize your expected utility.
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> > Approval voting requires each voter to agonize over whether they approve of their second choice candidate.
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> All of that strategic calculus went into these utility calculations, and approval voting still performed excellently. So you have no point.

What's all this Utilitarian zeal about with these Approval/Cardinal advocates?

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