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No, IRV does not eliminate the spoiler effect. https://youtube.com/watch?v=JtKAScORevQ https://youtube.com/watch?v=JtKAScORevQ Score Voting and Approval Votin
by ClayShentrup 10y ago
No, IRV does not eliminate the spoiler effect.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JtKAScORevQ https://youtube.com/watch?v=JtKAScORevQ
Score Voting and Approval Voting are simpler and better.
http://scorevoting.net/CFERlet.html http://scorevoting.net/CFERlet.html http://www.electology.org/approval-voting-vs-irv http://www.electology.org/approval-voting-vs-irv
- cpeterso 10y agoWhile I am a fan of Approval Voting, it doesn't eliminate the spoiler effect entirely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting#Strategic_voting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting#Strategic_voti...
- quadrangle 10y ago"The spoiler effect" generally means that if you vote for your preferred candidate, it can backfire and give you the least-preferred. Approval can't do that. In approval voting, it never, ever hurts to vote for your favorite candidate. It's true that voting for other candidates you approve of could take the election away from your favorite, but that's not what people usually mean with spoiler effect. As long as you do approve of the winning candidate, your vote isn't spoiled. In Approval Voting, there's no context where any form of voting, strategic or honest, will have you worrying that your vote helps someone you don't approve of.