election_title: "Favorite betrayal — the fix: STAR & Ranked Robin elect Center from the HONEST ballots"

scenario_description: |-
  The same electorate as fb_irv_honest / fb_irv_betray, scored honestly (favorite 5,
  compromise 3, worst 0). No strategy: the Left voters give Left 5, Center 3, Right 0.
  STAR elects CENTER — the Condorcet winner — with no betrayal required (scoring round
  Center 120, Right 80; runoff Center 21-13). The [Divergence from STAR] block confirms
  the contrast on these very ballots: STAR = Center, Ranked Robin = Center, but
  RCV-IRV = Right. That is the whole lesson: under RCV-IRV the Left voters had to rank
  their favorite second to get a good outcome (fb_irv_betray); under STAR and Ranked
  Robin they simply vote their honest preferences and the compromise wins. Honesty is
  the best ballot. Concept: favorite_betrayal_voting_301.md.

video_script: |-
  Here are the same voters, scoring honestly on 0-5: favorite 5, the compromise 3, the
  worst 0. Nobody games anything. STAR adds the scores — Center leads — and Center wins
  the runoff 21-13. Ranked Robin agrees. Only instant-runoff needed the betrayal. That's
  the pitch: with STAR you rank — or rather score — your honest favorite first, safely.

paradoxes: [condorcet-winner]
voting_method: STAR
num_winners: 1

bv_test_id: BV2227
bv_election_id: 3xgkck
bv_results_url: https://bettervoting.com/3xgkck/results

ballots: |-
  Count:Left,Center,Right
  12:5,3,0   # Left > Center > Right   (honest — favorite 5, compromise 3, worst 0)
  4:3,5,0    # Center > Left > Right
  5:0,5,3    # Center > Right > Left
  13:0,3,5   # Right > Center > Left

expected_winners:
  - Center

# file: bv2227_3xgkck_honest_star.yaml