SUPPLEMENTARY VOTE (SV)


	SUPPLEMENTARY VOTE (SV)
	Advantages To some extent, SV encourages conciliatory campaigning, as gaining second-preference votes is important. It is a relatively simple system to understand.	Disadvantages Unlike the Alternative Vote, SV does not ensure that the winning candidate has the support of at least 50% of the electorate. SV strongly promotes voting for only candidates from the main three parties. If there are more than two strong candidates, voters must guess which two will make the final round, and if they guess incorrectly, their second-preference vote will be wasted. In such circumstances it may even be possible for voters to defeat their preferred candidate The system can lead to a lot of wasted votes as many of the votes cast in the first round end up not transferring and being counted in the second round SV does not eliminate the likelihood of tactical voting.
	Evaluation SV IS SIMPLE + CAN ENCOURAGE CONCILIATORY CAMPAGNING BUT HAS TOO MANY DRAWBACKS

To some extent, SV encourages conciliatory campaigning, as gaining second-preference votes is important.
It is a relatively simple system to understand.

Unlike the Alternative Vote, SV does not ensure that the winning candidate has the support of at least 50% of the electorate.
SV strongly promotes voting for only candidates from the main three parties.
If there are more than two strong candidates, voters must guess which two will make the final round, and if they guess incorrectly, their second-preference vote will be wasted. In such circumstances it may even be possible for voters to defeat their preferred candidate
The system can lead to a lot of wasted votes as many of the votes cast in the first round end up not transferring and being counted in the second round
SV does not eliminate the likelihood of tactical voting.

SV IS SIMPLE + CAN ENCOURAGE CONCILIATORY CAMPAGNING BUT HAS TOO MANY DRAWBACKS

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