I was a big proponent of approval voting for over a decade, and I still would prefer it over most systems. But I really like STAR voting now as well, and have actually used it in the home to pick what to watch on movie nights. STV seems pretty decent too.
STAR has the same problem, if you like an underdog candidate its mathematically best to rank only them so your other choices don’t end up overtaking your prefered choice. That doesn’t happen in RCV until your preferred choice has alrrady lost. Both STAR and Approval are far far more gameable than STV
I guess. I think with any single winner system you’ll encounter gamesmanship, and enough proportional representation can smooth a lot of that over anyway
I was a big proponent of approval voting for over a decade, and I still would prefer it over most systems. But I really like STAR voting now as well, and have actually used it in the home to pick what to watch on movie nights. STV seems pretty decent too.
STAR has the same problem, if you like an underdog candidate its mathematically best to rank only them so your other choices don’t end up overtaking your prefered choice. That doesn’t happen in RCV until your preferred choice has alrrady lost. Both STAR and Approval are far far more gameable than STV
I guess. I think with any single winner system you’ll encounter gamesmanship, and enough proportional representation can smooth a lot of that over anyway
Definitely true that proportional representation helps a whole lot, and that no system is perfect or free from errors.