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Here is a real world situation that happened in 2010 in Oakland: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/us/politics/12bcvoting.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/1

• lambertsimnel 10y ago
  Surely to vote based on that is to bet on other like-minded voters not doing the same, while tactical voting under FPTP/plurality voting involves betting that like-minded people will do the same.
• mcbits 10y ago
  That looks like an example of RCV working as intended. The candidate with a lot of support didn't win because a lot of people also strongly opposed him. I don't see how he would have won if his supporters made him their #2 or #3 choice instead of #1.