Anonymous STAR fan wrote: > > > > *fdpk69p6uq at snkmail.com*fdpk69p6uq at snkmail.com > <mailto:election-methods%40lists.electorama.com?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BEM%5D%20Hare%20%28aka%20IRV%29%20versus%20STAR&In-Reply-To=%3C6219-1712689396-67754%40sneakemail.com%3E> > /Tue Apr 9 12:02:58 PDT 2024/ > > > Hare's elimination process means it doesn't count all preferences > expressed by the voters, and suffers from the same vote-splitting as > FPTP, resulting in undemocratic outcomes and perpetuating the problems > that I would like to fix (spoiler effect, center-squeeze, two-party > system, polarization). I don't think we should throw away some voters' > preferences in order to make the ballots easier to count. > If you give an example or two of Hare giving an "undemocratic outcome" in a situation where you think STAR wouldn't I'd be happy to discuss it. Chris Benham