Well, despite claims of randomness and foolishness, it is all we have to go on. If everyone votes no one, it is really like just having a super extended day one.
Until people commit, we can't find the hints needed later.
Even more so in a 20 person player game with undefined definitions of innocent to evil ratios.
So for those of you who have played this type of game before what is likely number of terrorists in a 17 player game?