Internet voting: Exactly what the 99% needs

Re:Internet voting: Exactly what the 99% needs by wisty on Thursday November 10, 2011 @09:32PM (#3223089)

Here's another hypothetical example:

6 * Republicans, Libertarians, Democrats; 5 * Democrats, Libertarians, Republicans; 2 * Libertarians, Democrats, Republicans.

Liberians are eliminated (despite the majority of voters preferring them over the Democrats), and Democrats win.

Notice how when you use party names, it makes more sense? The Republican and Democrat voters are simply voting "anyone but the other major party". If they are neck-to-neck on primary votes, then the secondary votes of the minor parties start to be counted. This is a feature, not a bug.

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Re:Internet voting: Exactly what the 99% needs by bradbeattie on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @05:59PM (#3240758)

I see your point here, but all voters in your mockup presented the Libertarians as their first or second choice. As a compromise candidate, that's not a bad option.

Further, I don't think real-world voting would match up exactly with the above. There are people that would vote R/D/L and D/R/L, both of which are lacking from this example that would swing things away from the Libertarians.

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