The following (corrected) example also shows that VSB is not monotone. On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Forest Simmons wrote:
> Consider the following example: > > 51 ABC > 25 BCA > 24 CBA > > Voter Space Borda gives A voters a score of > > 51*49-49*51=0, Correction: each A voter's VSB score is 51*49-49*49=49 > > while B voters get a score of > > 25*75+(24-51)*(51-24) = 1199 > > which is greater than zero. > > If the A voters had truncated or voted CB as often as BC this wouldn't > have happened. > If the C voters changed all of their votes to BCA, increasing their support for B, then B would lose, so VSB is not monotone. ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
