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Undo revision 18346 by Closed Limelike Curves (talk) -- the word "decapitation" doesn't seem to show up in the Graham-Squire/McCune paper. It's not consistent with our editorial policy (EPOV) to introduce new jargon that isn't already in use elsewhere. It's also a gruesome term, and doesn't deserve introduction.
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(Undo revision 18346 by Closed Limelike Curves (talk) -- the word "decapitation" doesn't seem to show up in the Graham-Squire/McCune paper. It's not consistent with our editorial policy (EPOV) to introduce new jargon that isn't already in use elsewhere. It's also a gruesome term, and doesn't deserve introduction.)
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{{wikipedia|Draft:Favorite betrayal criterion}}
The '''favorite betrayal criterion''' (sometimes called '''sincere favorite criterion<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.12075|title=An Examination of Ranked Choice Voting in the United States, 2004-2022|last=Graham-Squire|first=Adam|last2=McCune|first2=David|date=2023-01-28|website=arXiv.org|access-date=2023-10-25}}</ref>''') is a [[voting system criterion]] which requires that "voters should have no incentive to vote someone else over their favorite".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rangevoting.org/FBCsurvey.html|title=Survey of FBC (Favorite-Betrayal Criterion)|last=Ossipoff|first=Mike|last2=Smith|first2=Warren D.|date=Jan 2007|website=Center for Range Voting|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> Voting systems failing the criterion are vulnerable to a kind of strategy called '''decapitation''', i.e. removing the top ("head") of a ballot.<ref name=":0" />
 
It is passed by [[Approval voting]], [[Range voting]], and [[Majority Judgment]]. All these are examples of [[cardinal voting systems]], though some voters may be reluctant to have a compromise candidate tied with their favorite candidate on their respective ballots.
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