It seems quite a few election rules get quirky in one way or the other with a 3-way competitive election.<br><br>That might be a point worth considering in the abstract in a paper or something.... why are 3-way single-winner elections quirky?<div>
<br></div><div>dlw<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Jameson Quinn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jameson.quinn@gmail.com">jameson.quinn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size:12pt">..., cuz the simple fact of the matter is that IRV works best with only 3 candidates. </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>2.5, actually.</div>
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