Approval Voting actually *encourages competition* through *more choice*. Whereas, if you think about today's Primary landscape, candidates tend to drop out because they worry about splitting votes and having the least favored candidate win their party's nomination.
Also, because every voter could vote for ANY candidate, candidates would be encouraged to truly win over ANY voter, because it's no longer about *stealing votes* from another candidate, it becomes about simply appealing to voters. Voters don't have to be concerned with the tradeoffs of voting for one candidate and sacrificing a "winning" vote, they can just focus on whether they would approve of any candidate winning or not.
Approval Voting actually *encourages competition* through *more choice*. Whereas, if you think about today's Primary landscape, candidates tend to drop out because they worry about splitting votes and having the least favored candidate win their party's nomination.
Also, because every voter could vote for ANY candidate, candidates would be encouraged to truly win over ANY voter, because it's no longer about *stealing votes* from another candidate, it becomes about simply appealing to voters. Voters don't have to be concerned with the tradeoffs of voting for one candidate and sacrificing a "winning" vote, they can just focus on whether they would approve of any candidate winning or not.
Thank you. I’ve never heard of this.