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I'm thinking about writing a popular piece on voting theory, with the hook of "voting gone wrong".
Borda count voting is much-discussed in textbooks but rare in practice. Does anyone know a real-world example of Borda voting going wrong because of strategic voting behavior?
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What's wrong with a plain old #PluralityVote?
Plenty. It's not the worst way of doing things, but it has trouble with > 2 choices.
https://mcintee.substack.com/p/problems-with-plurality-a56deea7bd