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> That majority of voters did not get the outcome they preferred. The majority of R voters voted for Palin. Without IRV the election would've been between pali
by colinmhayes 4y ago
> That majority of voters did not get the outcome they preferred.
The majority of R voters voted for Palin. Without IRV the election would've been between palin and Peltola would've still won. I also disagree that most people would prefer their second choice over the plurality first choice.
- gamegoblin 4y agoI totally agree with you that in a standard FPTP election, Palin would have beaten Begich in a Republican primary, and then lost in the final election, and we would have had the same result. I don't think IRV did worse than the system it replaced here. But they both failed in the same way. There are non-FPTP, non-IRV election methods that would have correctly picked the Condorcet winner, Begich.