Hi, Frantisek Dufka wrote: >> In STV, you are voting primarily to elect your >> preferred candidate and ordering is very important. > > This is what worries me since I need to decide between person A or B > while I want both of them. But I'll get used to it :-)
Opponents of STV (and proponents of range voting) cite this as the main problem of preferential voting in general. They suggest that this situation is what leads people to "strategic" voting - of the two preferred candidates, who most needs my #1 vote? In this election, for example, with hindsight you might consider that the incumbents had less need of more #1 votes, and if you wanted to see both timsamoff and sjgadsby elected, you would put Stephen #1, and Tim #2, but if too many people do this, you run the risk of costing Tim an election the electorate wanted him to have. This is, indeed, the down side of preferential voting. Cheers, Dave. -- maemo.org docsmaster Email: [email protected] Jabber: [email protected] _______________________________________________ maemo-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community
