But the WSFS elections aren't government offices. There isn't Millions or Billions of dollars spent on the "campaigns." The voters are members of the World Science Fiction Society (or members of that particular year's Worldcon.) And they are readers, viewers, writers, artists, editors, etc.
In fact any percieved "campaigning" is likely to backfire of the subject of the campaign.
Site-selection votes, which also use IRV, does have bid committees and a different sort of campaign, but there is no reason to believe that the process we have not is now satisfactory to the voters.
Trying to change our system and opinuion becuase you say something else isn't better without actual proof that it is better. Voting simulations aren't going to do it. Neither are made up examples formed to prove a point. It's just as easy to make up examples that will cause Range Voting to produce unwanted results.
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Date: 2007-01-23 05:37 am (UTC)In fact any percieved "campaigning" is likely to backfire of the subject of the campaign.
Site-selection votes, which also use IRV, does have bid committees and a different sort of campaign, but there is no reason to believe that the process we have not is now satisfactory to the voters.
Trying to change our system and opinuion becuase you say something else isn't better without actual proof that it is better. Voting simulations aren't going to do it. Neither are made up examples formed to prove a point. It's just as easy to make up examples that will cause Range Voting to produce unwanted results.