On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Bart Ingles wrote: > > In general, it's a good thing. However the NEED or INCENTIVE for > strategic voting is sometimes a bad thing, if it results in Duvergerian > equalibria (Plurality, Runoff, Instant Runoff), or in artificial ties or > "random" outcomes (Borda).
... or if the strategy is so sensitive to information from the polls that the result can be easily manipulated by disinformation from pollsters with a conflict of interest, e.g. corporate pollsters who want corporate friendly candidates to win the election. Forest > ---- > Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info > ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
