Ford, Nader and a pro-wrestler: Straight talk on strategic voting
When you crunch the numbers, does strategic voting work as a strategy? Brent asked Donald Saari, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics at the University of California, Irvine.
After an unpredictable mayoral campaign, Torontonians will cast their votes on Monday to select Rob Ford's successor. This week, The Toronto Star, the left leaning-paper behind much of the crack scandal reporting, endorsed John Tory, a right-leaning candidate. The editorial didn't say so explicitly, but it read like a plea for voters to cast their ballots strategically — so Ford doesn't win.
Winnipeg's mayor elect Brian Bowman also called for strategic votes before the poll. So when you crunch the numbers, does strategic voting work as a strategy? Brent asked Donald Saari, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics at the University of California, Irvine.