2011/11/1 David L Wetzell <wetze...@gmail.com> > I believe there have to be only 3 candidates and it has to be a close > 3-way election for the 20% to be valid.
And the candidates must not be organized along a one-dimensional ideological spectrum. That restriction does not hold for many partisan elections, thus the percentage can be significantly higher than 20% for close elections. > As long as the odds are low enuf, it doesn't matter that much. It just > says that in some cases, some folks will have sour grapes. > > And over time and place, such possible biases will get evened out... > Also not true. There is an clear overall bias against centrists. If you want, I can pull up the citations in my zotero... JQ > Nonmonotonicity is no good reason to bring back the use of FPTP. > Agreed. > It was used for pragmatic reasons by those who were upset by how IRV was > improving the democracy of Burlington, VT. > For at least many voters, the non-Condorcet result was their honest reason for voting for repeal. I don't think it helps to accuse them of mere partisanship. JQ
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