> Consider what would happen if rather than voting for your favorite you subtracted points from the candidate you disliked the most.
Would that work? If there are only two candidates, then it’s equivalent to casting the inverse votes for. If there’s three candidates, and one is literally horrid, then would people give all of their negative votes to the horrid candidate in fear of destruction and leave very few votes to differentiate the top two? Or, would voters cast all negative votes for one of the top two and hope enough _other people_ downvote the horrible candidate?
Sorry, I know your comment wasn’t meant to be serious, but it’s an interesting thought experiment.
Would that work? If there are only two candidates, then it’s equivalent to casting the inverse votes for. If there’s three candidates, and one is literally horrid, then would people give all of their negative votes to the horrid candidate in fear of destruction and leave very few votes to differentiate the top two? Or, would voters cast all negative votes for one of the top two and hope enough _other people_ downvote the horrible candidate?
Sorry, I know your comment wasn’t meant to be serious, but it’s an interesting thought experiment.