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Multi-winner elections are different from single-winner elections. Approval voting doesn't work there, because as you note, people with fewer acceptable prefere
by gowld 5y ago
Multi-winner elections are different from single-winner elections. Approval voting doesn't work there, because as you note, people with fewer acceptable preferences get fewer votes.
- slownews45 5y agoInteresting, that limitation should perhaps be highlighted. I think the appeal of the simple ballot is what drove adoption (ie, vote for as many as you like, top X win). In California the trick is they treat all open seats as one office.
- xvedejas 5y agoVoters voting strategically are known to adjust their thresholds in approval voting to have the largest effect they can on the output, assuming they have some idea of the support base of candidates. That said, Range Voting is sort of a solution to this, and it's expected there that candidates will scale their top and bottom choices to the top and bottom scores respectively.