Aye, and that still looks better than a two-stage with a 40% cutoff(what's in place now) or FPTP. <div>If they had stuck with IRV in Burlington, the perceived flaws would have worked themselves out.</div><div>In the US, three-way close races are not common and can be mitigated in other ways, such as are already at work with FPTP. </div>
<div>dlw<br><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Jameson Quinn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jameson.quinn@gmail.com">jameson.quinn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div><br></div><div>dlw: All analysis shows that the perceived problems with IRV are seriously attenuated with only 3 candidates. </div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>The primary anti-IRV example people use is Burlington, with only 3 major candidates.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div> </div><div>Jameson</div></font></span></div>
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