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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Nevada Democratic Primary Debate 2020: The Hunt For The Wild Bloomberg
 
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Chamale
Jul 11, 2010

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VitalSigns posted:

Approval voting seems real bad, because if a majority of people want the socialist to win, but everyone votes for the centrist just in case, the centrist will get the most votes every time despite a majority preferring someone else.

You'd have to strategic vote every time, either gamble that your guy will win if you don't vote for the centrist, or gamble that the fash might win unless you do vote for the centrist.

Approval voting means that moderates tend to win, for the electorate's definition of moderate. If your objection is that this doesn't result in enough socialists being elected, no democratic system can elect socialists if the electorate doesn't like socialists.

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