[Political Junkie Too]

Has anybody run simulations that test how to game the system so that the primary vote goes to the least desirable but the second vote goes to the real desired candidate?

Is it possible to run a Dark Horse campaign with this tactic to ensure that the second vote actually wins?

-PJ

[House Atreides]

“Has anybody run simulations that test how to game the system so that the primary vote goes to the least desirable but the second vote goes to the real desired candidate?

Is it possible to run a Dark Horse campaign with this tactic to ensure that the second vote actually wins?”
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Why not have the “1st choice vote” go to the desired candidate so that the real desired candidate gets your vote in both the first round as well as subsequent rounds? Believe me there will be candidates in ranked choice voting who don’t get the most votes in the first round but end up winning. But it won’t be because the winner’s campaign worked strategically to not have that candidate voted as “first choice”.