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• DennisP 5y ago
  But from that link, this is considered an advantage "by advocates of approval voting, as it chooses centrist candidates with broad appeal rather than polarizing candidates who appeal only to the majority."
  • Turing_Machine 5y ago
    That the system's advocates see it as an advantage does not alter the fact that others see it as a severe disadvantage. I assure you that if a person's preferred candidate loses under this system, while that candidate would have won under a straight majority/plurality system, that person is going to be extremely upset.
    • DennisP 5y ago
      Yes, people have differing opinions. I thought it was a reasonable point though. If the criterion for a good voting system is that it should provide the same results as plurality, then I guess we should just use plurality. But I don't think that's a very good criterion.
    • ClayShentrup 5y ago
      The people who see it as a disadvantage are just objectively mathematically wrong.