On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, John Whittington wrote:
> At 13:27 11/04/2011 +0100, Christian Hennig wrote:
>> Well, if people don't vote according to their true wishes, they shouldn't
>> complain if they don't get what they want. That's democracy.
>
> True, but I don't think that's really the situation I was contemplating. I
> was talking about a situation in which people were exploiting the existence
> of an AV system, with their 'true wish' being that their first vote would be
> a gesture 'to make a point' and their second-choice vote being the for the
> candidate they actually wanted to win.
If "making a point" is the first choice of a majority, this may
well happen under FPTP as well. Particularly in constituencies
with supposedly "safe seats" why shouldn't they "make a point" if they
think that voting for their true favourite won't make a difference anyway?
It may even happen more easily, because under AV you need 50%, including
later preferences.
Best regards,
Christian
>
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