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by dllthomas 1819 days ago
Theory that says theory and practice are the same is bad theory. Theory is perfectly capable of acknowledging (not eliminating!) the difference.

> RCV is undoubtedly a superior voting model to FPTP.

I've actually come to doubt this, when speaking of IRV in particular. I think "step 1: eliminate compromise" is questionable at best. "IRV but only the first n<<N choices" seems even worse.