> IRV, on the other hand, does not encourage candidates to drop out, allowing the voters to express their views more clearly. That's literally the opposite of

> IRV, on the other hand, does not encourage candidates to drop out, allowing the voters to express their views more clearly. That's literally the opposite of what it does. Palin should have dropped out, or her voters should have dishonestly ranked her second, so that the win would have gone to a Republican instead of a Democrat. IRV did not prevent Palin from acting as a spoiler and did not make it safe for voters to honestly rank the candidates.