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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> James Gilmour <jgilmour@globalnet.co.uk><BR></FONT></FONT>>> I don't think I would have a problem with C winning here, if <BR>>> the votes were all sincere.<BR><BR>>Even if all the votes are sincere, it is irrelevant what you or I think. It is what ordinary electors would think about such a<BR>>winner, with only 5% of the first preferences. And those electors would not be left in peace to reflect quietly on the potential of<BR>>their (weak) "Condorcet winner". Their views would be whipped up by partisan politicians and by a hostile press and media. That<BR>>Condorcet winner would still be the Condorcet winner, but that's not how such an outcome would be portrayed. The world of real<BR>>politics is a very brutal, nasty and dirty
place, but that's where practical electoral reformers have to work (at least for the time<BR>>being) if they really want to change anything.<BR><BR>>James Gilmour<BR><BR><BR>In the example, A would win in a FPTP system, so all of B's voters would be better off under this outcome. So while the A supporters might kick up a massive fuss, it's not as if everyone, or even a majority, would probably be doing so. It's difficult to tell exactly what reaction we'd get, but the press are over-the-top on many matters, so it wouldn't be anything new!</DIV>
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