• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    41 month ago

    That’s an early-stage FPTP system. After a bunch of people with minority support start winning you end up with two options, and you vote against the one you hate least because there’s not really a choice anymore.

    • overeager
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      31 month ago

      Doesn’t against and for mean the same thing with only two choices?!

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        31 month ago

        If I’m given the choice between chocolate and vanilla, choosing vanilla doesn’t make it my favorite. It’s just the least bad option because caramel isn’t available. I’m not for vanilla, I’m against chocolate.

        • overeager
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          11 month ago

          isn’t that effectively wordplay? say, i like chocolate but vanilla more. then i choose vanilla but i’m not against chocolate. it doesn’t matter when two given choices.

          but that’s doesn’t account for non-late-stage FPTP. given more than two choices i’d have to vote for a candidate. voting against other candidate may not work because largest minority wins.