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		specialist on Feb 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scenes from a militarized America "IRV which are bad" Did you mean first past the post (FPTP) aka winner takes all? In election reform circles, IRV refers to instant runoff voting.

nitrogen on Feb 5, 2014 [–]

PV is the same as FPTP. IRV is very nearly as bad, and perhaps worse due to monotonicity. See http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/

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