On 04/05/2011 22:35, Roger Mills wrote:
On 04/05/2011 20:43, Old Codger wrote:
On 03/05/2011 23:24, Roger Mills wrote:


When there are multiple candidates in an election, simply choosing the
person with the most votes even though they are way short of 50% isn't
the best way of finding the candidate whom most people are happy with.

But AV will not necessarily find the candidate most people are happy
with.

Indeed. I don't think there's *any* system which would provide a cast
iron guarantee of that. But, in general, over 50% of the population
would have expressed *some* sort of preference for them

Despite some of those folk expressing that preference because they
believe they have to, even if they really would not want that candidate
elected.

- which doesn't happen under FPTP unless they get over 50% anyway - which the vast
majority don't.


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