James Green-Armytage wrote:
So, 80% of the voters strictly prefer every other candidate to candidate
L. And yet L wins using approval, because everyone only approves of their
favorite. Yikes! It's crazy!
You've shown that approval is exactly as bad as plurality, when people choose to vote in exactly the same way as plurality. This should come as no surprise to anyone. If everyone bullet votes in IRV or Condorcet, it would have this same effect as well.
One would imagine that the voters in your example would be aware of the fractured nature of their faction, and willing to cast a vote for the universal second choice. Your electorate is behaving in an amazingly irrational way.
-Adam
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