Runoff voting involves two rounds of voting.

Runoff voting is also sometimes used as a generic term to describe any system involving a number of rounds of voting, with eliminations after each round.

Runoff voting is used to find the winner.

Variants of Instant Runoff voting can be designed to reflect the same rules as a two-round voting system.

Runoff voting is intended to reduce the potential for eliminating " wasted " votes by tactical voting.

Runoff voting is also vulnerable to another tactic called " push over ".

Runoff voting can be influenced by strategic nomination ; this is where candidates and political factions influence the result of an election by either nominating extra candidates or withdrawing a candidate who would otherwise have stood.

Runoff voting is vulnerable to strategic nomination for the same reasons that it is open to the voting tactic of " compromising ".

Runoff voting encourages candidates to appeal to a broad cross-section of voters.

Runoff voting is designed for single seat constituencies.

Category: Runoff voting

For example, the politics of Australia are largely two-party ( if the Liberal Party and National Party are considered the same party at a national level due to their long-standing alliance ) for the Australian House of Representatives, which is elected by Instant Runoff Voting, ( known within Australia as preferential voting ).

* Runoff voting or Two-round system, a voting system used to elect a single winner, whereby only two candidates from the first round continue to the second round

Runoff voting methods are less vulnerable to vote splitting compared to plurality voting.

Runoff voting is less vulnerable to vote splitting, yet vote splitting can occur in any round of runoff voting.