[EM] Condorcet meeting

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

On 8/26/23 01:23, Michael Garman wrote:
> Colin,
> 
> Your concern about approval voting is corroborated, at least 
> anecdotally, by evidence from Fargo, ND -- the only US jurisdiction to 
> use approval in general elections. In 2022, 60% 
> <https://citizendata.com/tracking-voter-support-for-electoral-reforms/> 
> of voters reported voting for just one candidate in the field of seven. 
> At least two candidates (at least according to quotes in an article 
> <https://democracysos.substack.com/p/what-fargo-reveals-about-approval>from Rob Ritchie) encouraged their supporters to bullet vote for them.

Given that we're talking about approval as a first stage of a multistage 
method, the more relevant comparison would probably be approval plus 
runoff, like in St. Louis. I don't know the analogous stats for the 
primary there, however.

I don't think approval would be good enough for a single-winner election 
(Burr dilemma and incommensurability) as mentioned before. But choosing 
five finalists is different matter than choosing a single winner.

-km