Bottom-Two-Runoff IRV: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
No edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
A benefit of BTR-IRV is that first choices are honored in the elimination process, so that a polarizing candidate can survive to later rounds until they have a single opponent who they can be individually compared to. This attribute and ease of explaining the system makes it less prone to claims of fraud than other systems for resolving the [[Condorcet paradox]]. |
A benefit of BTR-IRV is that first choices are honored in the elimination process, so that a polarizing candidate can survive to later rounds until they have a single opponent who they can be individually compared to. This attribute and ease of explaining the system makes it less prone to claims of fraud than other systems for resolving the [[Condorcet paradox]]. |
||
This system is a form of [[Single transferable vote|single transferable vote (STV)]], and may be referred to by the more general name '''BTR-STV''', |
This system is a form of [[Single transferable vote|single transferable vote (STV)]], and may be referred to by the more general name '''BTR-STV''', though the multi-winner variant was not originally recommended by LeGrand.<ref name=":0" /> |
||
=== An example === |
=== An example === |
||