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So, given Trump and Clinton who I both despise, I should not approve either and thus forfeit any say on which is better?
by winstonewert 10y ago
So, given Trump and Clinton who I both despise, I should not approve either and thus forfeit any say on which is better?
- dllthomas 10y agoYou can be strategic about where you draw the line. Unlike FPTP, you never have to say you're giving more support to a candidate you like less.
- EGreg 10y agoFirst of all it is strictly better than having the option to vote for only one. So you can'5 indicate your preference among the rest either. And secondly if you start ranking then how do you combine the rankings? Do you have instant runoff? Then you have spoiler effects which THIS SYSTEM DOESNT HAVE
- winstonewert 10y agoMy point is that voting is harder under approval voting. Plurality voting is broken, but people easily understand the strategy of voting for the lesser of two evils. Under approval voting, there is no obvious strategy for deciding who should approve.
- caspianm 10y agoI would suggest voting for the lesser of two evils if you'd do that in a plurality voting system, plus whoever else you like better. Though there might be three equally likely winners you hate, in which case I dunno.
- ClayShentrup 10y agoVote for the person you would with Plurality, plus everyone you like better. That's an easy approximation. A formal statement is here. https://sites.google.com/a/electology.org/www/threshold https://sites.google.com/a/electology.org/www/threshold
- winstonewert 10y agoUsing that strategy, it is clearly harder to vote in approval voting then in plurality. You first have to figure out how you'd vote in plurality and then do something more. The question I was answering was: is there any way in which plurality is better then approval? Yes, it is easier to vote in plurality.