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by elihu 1827 days ago
Yeah, it's literally "elect the candidate with the highest approval rating" which seems like a fair and reasonable outcome.

(That's assuming that people vote honestly, but according to at least one analysis [1], the outcome isn't very much less democratically optimal if people vote strategically in approval voting rather than honestly.)

[1] https://electionscience.org/library/tactical-voting-basics/