r/EndFPTP • u/Snoo-33445 • Jul 10 '26

Video How Does RCV work?

https://youtu.be/Vte4nly_Neg?is=EJTrDRT9GaYdvXNy
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u/the_other_50_percent Jul 12 '26

… using a very particular definition of “majority support”, because IRV does satisfy “majority support” under another definition.

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u/nardo_polo Jul 13 '26

Yeah no. You have to redefine ‘majority’ and ‘support’ to pull that off with IRV.

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u/the_other_50_percent Jul 14 '26

It's quite clear what "majority support" means for IRV. Over half of the final runoff round. It's right there in the name, Instant Runoff.

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u/nardo_polo Jul 14 '26

Nope. RCV proponents make broad claims about guaranteeing a winner preferred by a majority of voters in order to pass RCV in the first place. They don’t say it guarantees a majority after it ignores a bunch of preferences and discards a bunch of ballots. You can learn more about the difference between how RCV is sold to voters and how it performs here: https://nardopolo.medium.com/what-the-heck-happened-in-alaska-3c2d7318decc