> I vote my actual ranking
no you don't. take a warren supporter who votes biden to stop trump. that person ranks:
biden 1st, warren 2nd, trump 3rd
they don't want warren to be a spoiler.
no you don't. take a warren supporter who votes biden to stop trump. that person ranks:
biden 1st, warren 2nd, trump 3rd
they don't want warren to be a spoiler.
indeed, practically the only thing that matters in a voting method is the aggregate affect of what it achieves in light of other voters. YOUR vote will almost never make a difference. you could upgrade voting methods in exchange for giving up your right to vote, and you'd still be drastically better off.
When I said "I" I meant me. This one person. And I was talking about that specific scenario.
It wasn't a statement about "strategic voters" in other scenarios.