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The parent post said:

> a third-party candidate doesn't spoil an election, because your second-place vote will still count. (E.g. Nader wouldn't have taken votes from Gore, so Gore would have won instead of Bush.)

I was just trying to point out that this isn't always true. Instant Runoff Voting can eliminate the centrist, the best compromise candidate, first.

If we adopt IRV and third-parties grow, then we move into territory where IRV gets some elections obviously wrong. It has happened.