<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><div>Yes. </div><div>Say there are three candidates: Right, Centre-Right and Left, and the approval votes cast are<br></div><div>49: Right<br>21: Centre-Right (all prefer Right to Left)</div><div>23: Left</div><div>07: Left, Centre-Right (sincere favourite is Left)</div><div> </div><div>Approval votes: Right 49, Left 30, Centre-Right 28.<br><br>The top-2 runoff is between Right and Left and Right wins</div><div>70-30.</div><div> </div><div>All the voters who approved Left prefer Centre-Right to Right. The 7 voters who approved both Left and Centre-Right can change the winner to Centre-Right by dumping Left (their sincere favourite) in the first round.<a tabindex="-1" title="Hide Advertisement" href="http://au-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/#"><b></b></a><br></div><div>49: Right</div><div>28: Centre-Right </div><div>23:
Left</div><div> </div><div>Now the top-2 runoff is between Right and Centre-Right and Centre-Right wins 51-49.</div><div><br><var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>Seven voters have succeeded with a Compromise strategy.</div><div> </div><div>Chris Benham</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></body></html>