But expressing your preferences doesn't actually accomplish anything useful. You can do it, but what does it get you? Instant runoff is not monotonic: there a

But expressing your preferences doesn't actually accomplish anything useful. You can do it, but what does it get you? Instant runoff is not monotonic: there are times when the best strategy is to vote your favored candidate second and your second choice first so that the second choice can push out your least favored candidate.