One thing I’d note is that the donation election doesn’t necessarily have the same purposes as a standard political election. Spurring public deliberation and obtaining data on community preferences are probably more important than distributing the specific funds (especially this year with a smaller pot). That may blunt certain criticisms of IRV, or generate new ones that aren’t as salient in a standard political context.
The ability to see running vote totals and change votes—important for user engagement—is also a distinguishing feature.
Yeah, the decision to select the top three candidates and divide funds between them is pretty arbitrary (and unlike a standard political election) but I think most people would agree that counting all voter preferences in that process is better than counting some voters’ preferences while discarding others’.
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One thing I’d note is that the donation election doesn’t necessarily have the same purposes as a standard political election. Spurring public deliberation and obtaining data on community preferences are probably more important than distributing the specific funds (especially this year with a smaller pot). That may blunt certain criticisms of IRV, or generate new ones that aren’t as salient in a standard political context.
The ability to see running vote totals and change votes—important for user engagement—is also a distinguishing feature.
Yeah, the decision to select the top three candidates and divide funds between them is pretty arbitrary (and unlike a standard political election) but I think most people would agree that counting all voter preferences in that process is better than counting some voters’ preferences while discarding others’.