N cheers for democracy

The paper examines representative cases of ‘dishonest’ voting. In all but one case the claim that ‘strategic voting’ is ‘dishonest’ is refuted. In all cases the effects of ‘misrepresentation’ need never harm any majority. Indeed majorities may benefit from ‘strategy’ (in non-cycle cases too). In fact democracy demands ‘strategy’. Although the universal value of the choice set is disputed even in the one recalcitrant case, the result is, after all, an element in the ‘honest’ choice set.