This is true - but I'd argue that's mainly done for entertainment; I don't think changing one's vote because the campaign is still in progress is a good feature. Plus in X Factor, in the first week you know hardly anything about the candidates, where as we know a reasonable amount about the parties from the start of the campaign (although it does seem interesting how undecided until the last minute many voters in elections seem to be, if polls are anything to go by).
If one had a hypothetical really quick series of rounds of runoff voting, where there was no chance for people to be changing their minds due to new campaigning, I would hope that would give the idea of a reasonably good system, that doesn't give anyone more votes that anyone else. And then IRV/AV can just be seen as the instant version of it.
I don't know if there's any tactical situation where knowing the results of the earlier rounds means you might change your vote?
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Date: 2011-04-13 11:16 am (UTC)If one had a hypothetical really quick series of rounds of runoff voting, where there was no chance for people to be changing their minds due to new campaigning, I would hope that would give the idea of a reasonably good system, that doesn't give anyone more votes that anyone else. And then IRV/AV can just be seen as the instant version of it.
I don't know if there's any tactical situation where knowing the results of the earlier rounds means you might change your vote?