[EM] Does anyone know who this person is?

[Richard, the VoteFair guy]

I don't know who the person is. As someone else just pointed out, the 
person's identity is not the issue.

Regarding the issues ...

On Reddit I saw the reference to the "Tactical Voting Basics" article 
and skimmed it.  That was some days ago so I skimmed parts of it again.

It contains some odd claims.

It refers to a webpage written by Warren Smith that I've seen before, 
and that webpage is flawed, so of course the claim that Condorcet 
methods are vulnerable to tactical voting is flawed. Specifically there 
is a lack meaningful evidence based on clear reasoning.

The fact that the article begins by referring to random ballots is a big 
clue that the person does not understand tactical voting in the way that 
most people use the term.

Sigh, I see misleading information on all three websites: Election 
Science, STAR/Equal Vote, and FairVote.

I do not support Robert's use of inappropriate language. But I do agree 
there is lots of propaganda being presented on Reddit that is not backed 
up by a clear understanding of the "basics" of election-method reform. 
And I do see that lots of it is coming from fans of "cardinal" voting 
methods. Yet I don't see that support clearly expressed here on this forum.

Richard Fobes
The VoteFair guy


On 10/24/2021 4:12 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote:
> He's probably on this mailing list and is reading this right now.
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> from https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/qa1f2i/why_do_people_say_approval_voting_is_immune_to/hhgmvqn/?context=3
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>> 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.
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> What's all this Utilitarian zeal about with these Approval/Cardinal advocates?
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