[robbrown451]

And they have far bigger problems of their own, compared to condorcet methods. Score is the worst....any rational voter will just vote with a 0% or 100% for all candidates. Those who vote "sincerely" are at a huge disadvantage.

Approval gives a big advantage to those who can best predict how others will vote. Yuk.

[Retric]

Not nessisarily, suppose you like X your OK with Y and you hate Z. Do you vote 100% on Y or 0% on Y.

[robbrown451]

Yeah as baddox says, you'd still be smart to vote 0% or 100%, as long as you can make a better than random pick at who is the leader and runner up. That's because voting in "black and white" is the same as Approval, and as I said, Approval gives an advantage to those who can guess better who are the leaders. Making it especially annoying in elections (such as local ones) where you have no idea who the front runners are.

[baddox]

It would depend on whether X or Y is more likely to win the election (according to polls). You can hurt X by voting 100% on Y.

[Retric]

Your specific vote is only important when the election is to close to call. If X is up by 80% in the polls you can probably stay home and nothing happens.