election_title: "FairVote white paper — French 2017 (BURIAL): coordinated strategy squeezes Macron out"

scenario_description: |-
  The coordinated-burial scenario from FairVote's white paper: to keep the centrist
  Macron out of the runoff, every non-Macron faction scores Macron 0 and inflates the
  OTHER non-Macron wings to 4 — even rating their ideological opposites highly. Same
  voters and honest first choices as french_2017_honest; only the strategy changes.
  It works: Macron collapses to 130 and misses the runoff (Melenchon 399, Fillon 398);
  STAR elects Melenchon. So FairVote's claim is CONCEDED — coordinated burial can squeeze
  the centrist under STAR. The honest caveats (see ../README.md): it requires every rival
  faction to bury Macron AND rate their enemies 4 (a risky, implausible conspiracy);
  honest STAR elects Macron; and RCV-IRV on these same strategic ballots elects Le Pen
  (the far right) — a worse miss. STAR squeezes the center only under STRATEGY; IRV
  center-squeezes under HONESTY (Burlington, Alaska). Concept: ../README.md.
video_script: |-
  Now the burial. Every faction that isn't Macron's gives him a 0 and — to shove him
  below the others — rates the rival wings a 4, even the ones they hate. Macron drops
  out of the top two and a polarizing candidate wins. FairVote is right that this is
  possible. But look what it took: a coordinated lie by three factions, rating their
  enemies highly. Honest STAR elected Macron; this is what breaking it costs.
paradoxes: [condorcet-winner]
voting_method: STAR
num_winners: 1

bv_test_id: BV2230
bv_election_id: 2hqmrd
bv_results_url: https://bettervoting.com/2hqmrd/results
ballots: |-
  Count:Macron,LePen,Fillon,Melenchon
  26:5,0,3,3   # Macron base — honest
  25:0,4,4,5   # Melenchon voters bury Macron, inflate the right wings
  24:0,4,5,4   # Fillon voters bury Macron, inflate the others
  25:0,5,4,4   # Le Pen voters bury Macron, inflate the others
expected_winners:
  - Melenchon

# file: bv2230_2hqmrd_french_2017_burial.yaml