[EM] Does anyone know who this douchebag is?

[fdpk69p6uq at snkmail.com]

Why does their identity matter?  Discuss the facts, not ad hominems.

Also, I'm surprised and a bit saddened that you haven't come around to
cardinal systems yet.  :/

The goal of democracy is to elect the candidate who best represents the
will of the voters.  My near-indifference between two candidates shouldn't
arbitrarily be given the same weight as your strong preference between them.



On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 7:12 PM robert bristow-johnson wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> > > Tactical voting is "I really like Bernie but how do I keep Trump from
> winning?"
> >
> > I wrote the most comprehensive page there is on tactical voting.
> >
> > https://electionscience.org/library/tactical-voting-basics/
> >
> > Tactical voting means trying to maximize your expected utility.
> >
> > > Approval voting requires each voter to agonize over whether they
> approve of their second choice candidate.
> >
> > 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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