<div dir="ltr">Ahh, the paper accounts for that by only looking at candidates who got some meaningful share of the vote.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 10:44 AM Toby Pereira <<a href="mailto:tdp201b@yahoo.co.uk">tdp201b@yahoo.co.uk</a>> 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"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
        <div dir="ltr">Yes, but what I mean is that if a load of new candidates stand, most of them would have no chance of winning regardless of the voting system.</div><div><br></div>
        
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                        On Monday 17 June 2024 at 17:02:55 BST, Closed Limelike Curves <<a href="mailto:closed.limelike.curves@gmail.com" target="_blank">closed.limelike.curves@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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                <div><div id="m_-2665161718689196009ydp5db29882yiv6207825382"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The decrease after the first election could just be because the new candidates naively think that they will suddenly have a shot at winning or getting close, and then finding out that it's not as simple as that, so they don't stand in subsequent elections.</div></blockquote><div>Right, I think that's what's happening: candidates who didn't have a shot under FPP are learning they still have no shot under IRV.</div></div><div id="m_-2665161718689196009ydp5db29882yiv6207825382yqt39733"><div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id="m_-2665161718689196009ydp5db29882yiv6207825382m_1471203689153052710m_-5439562910489666144ydp5a24f629yahoo_quoted_8181556249"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div><div id="m_-2665161718689196009ydp5db29882yiv6207825382m_1471203689153052710m_-5439562910489666144ydp5a24f629yiv6639076712"><div id="m_-2665161718689196009ydp5db29882yiv6207825382m_1471203689153052710m_-5439562910489666144ydp5a24f629yiv6639076712yqt92506"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id="m_-2665161718689196009ydp5db29882yiv6207825382m_1471203689153052710m_-5439562910489666144ydp5a24f629yiv6639076712m_-2393481780112079673m_-8473765143294091339m_-6036267011638697390m_4583689233799263009ydp3c95a982yahoo_quoted_8322389860"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div><br></div>
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