Star voting is just FPP dressed up in a costume. And RCV’s prescribed problems only occur in strict math environments that don’t look at why voters flow to the candidates they flow to. I wouldn’t be surprised if Star was being pushed to kill RCV by the big parties because they know they can dominate it just the same due to the actual psychology of voting. (I want to vote for my favorite, but what if the guy I hate wins?)
Looking at it this is definitely the case, its no better than fptp because you’re incentivized to give 5 stars to all candidates you can tolerate, and none to others.
Star voting is just FPP dressed up in a costume. And RCV’s prescribed problems only occur in strict math environments that don’t look at why voters flow to the candidates they flow to. I wouldn’t be surprised if Star was being pushed to kill RCV by the big parties because they know they can dominate it just the same due to the actual psychology of voting. (I want to vote for my favorite, but what if the guy I hate wins?)
Looking at it this is definitely the case, its no better than fptp because you’re incentivized to give 5 stars to all candidates you can tolerate, and none to others.
Yup. Why would I give even one point to the guy I hate?