I wonder if the only reason IRV has more apparent backing than approval or Condorcet is because it would permit our present politicians to be elected even more easily. Approval and Condorcet would permit compromise candidates to emerge and be elected. All IRV will do is to keep third party candidates from affecting the election. If you were a Republican or Democrat politician, what's not to like about IRV? Whereas, the adoption of approval or Condorcet might terminate your career.
Maybe I'm pessimistic, but I think there's no real interest in improving on Plurality. If you write to legislators about IRV's defects, you might persuade them the opposite way. They might see that IRV would make their jobs safer. Stepjak ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
