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== Finding clearer names for strategies ==
"Compromise" has a nice, positive connotation that makes it easy for FairVote et al. to downplay it as "not that bad." It even makes it sound like it promotes "moderation" or "compromise" (when it does the opposite)! I prefer "decapitation" (cutting the "head"/top candidate off your list) or "lesser evil"—I've seen both of these in the literature.
Burial has a sufficiently-evocative name, I think (sounds like burying a dead body); which probably contributes somewhat to people's skittishness around Condorcet methods.
Pushover needs a better name (preferably one that highlights just how insane it is that this strategy can work in IRV).
Pied-piper is more familiar to Americans by the name of "raiding."
--[[User:Closed Limelike Curves|Closed Limelike Curves]] ([[User talk:Closed Limelike Curves|talk]]) 02:53, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
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