<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Why does their identity matter?  Discuss the facts, not ad hominems.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Also, I'm surprised and a bit saddened that you haven't come around to cardinal systems yet.  :/  <br></div><div><br></div><div>The goal of democracy is to elect the candidate who best represents the will of the voters.  My near-indifference between two candidates shouldn't arbitrarily be given the same weight as your strong preference between them.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 7:12 PM robert bristow-johnson wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">He's probably on this mailing list and is reading this right now.<br>
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from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/qa1f2i/why_do_people_say_approval_voting_is_immune_to/hhgmvqn/?context=3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/qa1f2i/why_do_people_say_approval_voting_is_immune_to/hhgmvqn/?context=3</a> <br>
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> from NeoTheLiberal via /r/EndFPTP sent 3 days ago<br>
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> > Tactical voting is "I really like Bernie but how do I keep Trump from winning?"<br>
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> I wrote the most comprehensive page there is on tactical voting.<br>
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> <a href="https://electionscience.org/library/tactical-voting-basics/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://electionscience.org/library/tactical-voting-basics/</a><br>
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> Tactical voting means trying to maximize your expected utility.<br>
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> > Approval voting requires each voter to agonize over whether they approve of their second choice candidate.<br>
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> All of that strategic calculus went into these utility calculations, and approval voting still performed excellently. So you have no point.<br>
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What's all this Utilitarian zeal about with these Approval/Cardinal advocates?<br>
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