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Instant Runoff Voting and the Reinforcement Paradox
David McCune, Jennifer Wilson
We analyze the susceptibility of instant runoff voting (IRV) to a lesser-studied paradox known as a \emph{reinforcement paradox}, which occurs when candidate wins under IRV in…
physics.soc-ph2024
The Negative Participation Paradox in Three-Candidate Instant Runoff Elections
David McCune, Jennifer Wilson
In this paper, we provide theoretical and empirical estimates for the likelihood of a negative participation paradox under instant runoff voting in three-candidate elections. We de…