Reciprocal Score Voting: Difference between revisions

Such that B ceases to get any support from A. Thus, there is no incentive for B to defect, and they have an incentive to rate A highly. Even more curiously, suppose ''r'' = 3/4 such that A is a much larger subfaction than B. In most voting systems, such as [[Instant -Runoff Voting]], A would be safe not supporting B, but this is not the case under Reciprocal Score Voting. If A defects with ''b'' = 0, the exact same results as if B defected occur! Therefore, even if A has an advantage over B, it itis still in their best interest to support the minor faction as much as possible. This is akin to a "reverse spoiler effect", in which the larger mainstream party spoils the election by not supporting the smaller third party.