It's simply not accurate to say that IRV isn't particularly strategic. It removes strategy from basically one case: two viable major candidates and one or more

It's simply not accurate to say that IRV isn't particularly strategic. It removes strategy from basically one case: two viable major candidates and one or more nonviable minor candidates. As soon are there are more than two viable choices, IRV often requires you to betray your favorite and rank them lower in order to reduce the likelihood that your least favorite will win.