Negative vote: Difference between revisions

[[Steven Brams]] was initially interested in Boehm's proposal, and analyzed the system in three-candidate elections,<ref>{{Citation|last=Brams|first=Steven J.|title=When is it Advantageous to Cast a Negative Vote?|date=1977|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-45494-3_45|work=Mathematical Economics and Game Theory|volume=141|pages=564–572|editor-last=Henn|editor-first=Rudolf|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-45494-3_45|isbn=978-3-540-08063-3|access-date=2020-04-19|editor2-last=Moeschlin|editor2-first=Otto}}</ref> but soon learned of [[approval voting]] from Robert Weber, compared the two systems,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brams|first=Steven|date=1976|title=One Man, n Votes, Module in Applied Mathematics|url=|journal=Mathematical Association of America, Ithaca: Cornell University|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Brams|first=Steven J.|title=Comparison Voting|date=1983|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4612-5430-0_3|work=Political and Related Models|volume=|pages=32–65|editor-last=|editor-first=|publisher=Springer New York|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-1-4612-5430-0_3|isbn=978-1-4612-5432-4|access-date=2020-04-19|editor2-last=|editor2-first=|editor3-last=|editor3-first=}}</ref> and started advocating for approval voting instead.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Brams|first=Steven J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/mediawiki/oclc/ocm96045998|title=Approval voting|last2=Fishburn|first2=Peter C.|date=2007|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-387-49895-9|edition=2nd ed|location=New York|oclc=ocm96045998}}</ref>{{Rp|xv}}

 

 

It is intended to eliminate extremist candidates, empower moderates, and promote more peaceful politics.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />