[Foundation-l] elections

[Mark Williamson]

It's mathematically complex but very well-explained here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_manipulation_of_instant-runoff_voting

On 07/04/07, Mark Ryan <ultrablue at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/04/07, Christopher Hagar <cmhagar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Instant run-off voting is a bad idea and fails some basic requirements for a
> > good voting system. For example, you can have situations where: if you rank
> > a candidate _higher_ on your ballot, he will actually do _worse_ in the
> > election than if you had ranked him lower.
>
> Could you give an example of a situation where that would occur?
>
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