"Barak A. Pearlmutter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is pretty straightforward to add some extra candidates whose > existence causes voters to "use up" their default option elsewhere on > the ballot, below the dark horse candidate.
I'm still a bit in the dark. Why would a voter want to vote ADXBC instead of AXDBC if he doesn't want any of the candidates B,C and D to win (A,B,C are the "serious" candidates, D is the universally hated dark horse, and X is None of the below)? In my understanding, ranking NOTB above a candidate means that that candidate will have a slightly harder time to meet the quorum, which is what the voter actually wants. Let's take some figures: A - 31 supporters B - 32 supporters C - 37 supporters D - 0 supporters In Debian system, Q would then be 5 and the quorum 15. Honest voting would mean: 31x ACBXD 32x BCAXD 37x CBAXD A,B and C would meet the quorum easily, D wouldn't. C would win by a fair margin. If all voters rank other serious candidates below NOTB: 31x AXCBD 32x BXCAD 37x CXBAD Now, nobody meets the quorum and everybody is sort-of happy, with the election going to be re-run. If voters rank D above NOTB: 31x ADXCB 32x BDXCA 37x CDXBA D wins, nobody but D is happy. I don't see why the voters would choose the last strategy, as it produces the worst result, whereas the second strategy produces only a not-so-good result. -- * Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology (T.P) * * PGP public key available @ http://www.iki.fi/killer * -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
