Spoiler effect
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In social choice theory and politics, a spoiler effect happens when a losing candidate affects the results of an election simply by participating. Voting rules that are not affected by spoilers are sa
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First-past-the-post voting
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First-past-the-post — also called choose-one, first-preference plurality, or simply plurality — is a single-winner voting rule. Each voter marks one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, a
Spoiler effect
…spoilerproof, and satisfy independence of irrelevant alternatives. The frequency and severity of spoiler effects depends substantially on the voting method. First-past-the-post voting without winnowing or primary elections is sensitive to spoilers. And so, to a degree, are instant-runoff or ranked-choice voting (RCV) and the two-round…
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