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=== Not reflecting voter preferences ===
One argument against LNH is that it can result in arbitrary changes in election outcomes based on voter preferences. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@ClayShentrup/later-no-harm-72c44e145510|title=Later-no-harm|last=Shentrup|first=Clay|date=2020-01-02|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> A counterargument would be that the example given involves two major candidates, L and R, and because the voters' [[pairwise preference]]<nowiki/>s between the two didn't change (rather, their preference between L/R and C changed), no change should occur in who was the better of the two. This argument is an example of how those against LNH are often in favor of [[rated method]]<nowiki/>s, where the strength of each of the voter's pairwise preferences are connected (i.e. the fact that some voters increased their support for a major candidate in relation to an irrelevant candidate is argued to mean that their strength of preference between the two major candidates ought to be weakened), rather than [[ranked method]]<nowiki/>s, which are often based on the idea that a voter's pairwise preferences are independent and maximal (i.e. [[:Category:Pairwise counting-based voting methods]]).
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