> Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 00:12:40 -0700 > From: Ken Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [EM] Efforts to improve on CR's strategy
> A particular candidate, say candidate 1, has a set of "candidate > position" indices CP1[1] for issue 1, CP1[2] for issue 2, etc. Each > position index is in the range -1 to +1, with positive meaning the > candidate is a proponent of the issue, and negative meaning an opponent. This made me think of a general question: Each issue is being resolved on to a 1D spectrum. Can every issue be resolved this way? Or does having multiple dimensions (i.e. issue spectra) resolve things? I'll partially take James Green-Armytage's example of marijuana. The spectrum "ranges" from life in prison if found in possession to legalize it. What if a candidate said that instead of life in prison, the offender would have all assets (money, property, belongings) taken away and be stripped of nationality (i.e. citizen of no country) resulting in expulsion from the country? I have made the assumption here that no other country would accept the offender as a citizen nor would the person earn any money, or something like this! What if a candidate said that capital punishment would be meted out on the first offence but then life imprisonment on the second? What I am trying to think of in this case is a discontinuous bolt on to the 1D spectrum. Not really a great examples. But I hope somebody gets the idea. Thanks, Gervase. ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info