[EM] inaccurate Fargo approval voting results

[Closed Limelike Curves]

Ahh, the paper accounts for that by only looking at candidates who got some
meaningful share of the vote.

On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 10:44 AM Toby Pereira <tdp201b at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Yes, but what I mean is that if a load of new candidates stand, most of
> them would have no chance of winning regardless of the voting system.
>
> On Monday 17 June 2024 at 17:02:55 BST, Closed Limelike Curves <
> closed.limelike.curves at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> The decrease after the first election could just be because the new
> candidates naively think that they will suddenly have a shot at winning or
> getting close, and then finding out that it's not as simple as that, so
> they don't stand in subsequent elections.
>
> Right, I think that's what's happening: candidates who didn't have a shot
> under FPP are learning they still have no shot under IRV.
>
>
>
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