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I get where you are coming from on Approval Voting. The simplicity of the system is very attractive.
by winstonewert 11y ago
I get where you are coming from on Approval Voting. The simplicity of the system is very attractive.
- eru 11y agoOther systems might be slightly better. But Approval Voting is dead simple to explain, and you don't even need new ballot papers compared to plurality.
- ClayShentrup 11y agoThe only system that's generally better is Score Voting aka Range Voting. But you want to _avoid_ ranked voting methods. http://ScoreVoting.net/NESD.html http://ScoreVoting.net/NESD.html
- eru 11y agoI'm pretty convinced that for single winner elections approval voting is pretty great. I haven't convinced myself when multiple people can get elected.
- winstonewert 11y agoI don't think the argument presented there works. Consider the example with A, B, and C at the end. It claims that approval voting would probably elect C, but why? If the voters apply perfect strategy, B supporters won't approve C, and B will win. The same is true of range voting, where B supporters will give C a rating of zero. It does not seem escapable that a majority voter block can dictate their wishes on the whole population by exaggerating their stated preferences.
- eru 11y agoAs long as you need a majority, that's still very democratic? (If it was a plurality only, that would be harder.)
- winstonewert 11y agoYes, but the page in question is arguing that approval/rank voting is better because it doesn't always elect the majority's first choice.