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That argument makes little sense to me. You dislike PR since it'd allow small parties to actually get representation and thus "cause chaos". If you think AV do
by jsnell 12y ago
That argument makes little sense to me.
You dislike PR since it'd allow small parties to actually get representation and thus "cause chaos". If you think AV doesn't have this problem, it must be because you think AV would keep the small parties out just like FPTP. But if that's case, why bother switching to a system that changes nothing?
- danieltillett 12y agoBecause it stops you having to tactically vote. With AV you can vote for a minor party you support without this vote helping the candidate you hate most. You don't need to vote for some candidate you don't like just because you hate another candidate more who might win. You just number tha candidates from 1 to x in your personal preference. The end result is the consensus candidate is elected while allowing everyone to vote for who they want. It is simple and it works well in practice.
- jsnell 12y agoTactical voting is still a thing in AV. If I think A > B > C, I might still want to vote A > C > B in an effort to drop B out first (hopefully giving A an easy win in a showdown with C).
- danieltillett 12y agoThis is not the way AV voting works. The second votes of the last candidate are distributed to the remaining candidates and the process repeated until their is a winner. There is no need to vote tactically because your vote never passes to your last placed candidate. Even in the worst case scenario where all the candidates other than your two least favourites remain then your votes goes to your second least favourite candidate without ever benefiting your most disliked candidate.