> IRV would then eliminate two theocracies in the first round Either I failed to communicate the situation I intended or one of us is very wrong about how IRV

> IRV would then eliminate two theocracies in the first round Either I failed to communicate the situation I intended or one of us is very wrong about how IRV works. Reducing the society to 20 people to simplify the proper language a little: We have 7 ballots that start "A;S;...", 6 ballots that start "B;S;...", 6 ballots that start "C;S;...", and one ballot that starts with "S". IRV considers the options in first place, sees that S is the least (only one person ranked it first), and eliminates that option. Which theocracy is picked will depend on things further down the list, but it will never be secularism. In the best case it will pick A, which would lose to S 13:7 in a head to head vote. If we believe that "the appropriate compromise" between people with genuine disagreement will typically not be anyone's first choice, IRV specifically systematically excludes that appropriate compromise.