--- Bart Ingles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anthony Duff wrote: > > > > --- Bart Ingles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >
> > A typical voting pattern in some Australian electorates is > > 45 ABC > > 45 CBA > > 5 BAC > > 5 BCA > > with B being readily eliminated under IRV. I think there is an > > instinct to bury the strongest challenger. > > > > However, I think that if the voting method was suddenly changed > to > > condorcet then the voting pattern would change, with B being put > last > > a lot more often. > > Are you saying that the ballots typically show a Condorcet winner > being > eliminated? Surprising, even if it is an insincere CW. Exactly, in many electorates (districts). In about half the electorates, a candidate is ranked first by a majority. In a good number of the remaining electorates, there are two leading candidates. Most people (maybe as many as 90%) vote according to a major party "how to vote card", and in every IRV how to vote card I've seen, the major parties rank the other major party below the small centrist party. I imagine that if condorcet were implemented without anyone noticing then there could be quite a shock at the result. Anthony http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
