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...but if you give people the opportunity to list preferences, they don't vote the same way. Tactical voting goes out of the window, and people are free to put what they actually want as their first choice.
I favour STV for this reason, but AV would have been an improvement too. AMS retains a single choice IIRC and for that reason I would never support it's use. Also the AMS list means big parties can just put all their top choice people on it and almost guarantee their election.
I have often wondered why MMP is always done using FPTP for the local component. Why not IRV + proportional top-ups?
I don't really understand AMS as well as MMP, but I think the same question could be applied.