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It would have been even nicer if they'd changed to a system with fewer pathologies than IRV, like Schulze or Ranked Pairs or Score or Approval...
but I'll take what I can get!
The form of the pathologies makes a difference, no?
IIRC the worst pathology with IRV in a 3 way race is basically: you can now safely vote for a third party who can't possibly win, but if they show real support then it's time to put one of the two Schelling party candidates in front of them. So it's not worse than plurality but it's not much of an improvement. Plus, with more candidates IRV becomes more and more potentially insane.
With Schulze or Ranked Pairs the pathology is DH3: If a third party can win, you can often help them win by voting a "da...