On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Brian Olson wrote: [...]
> > I don't know what the _best_ strategy for IRNR is. I hope that it is to > cast an honest ballot. > No runoff method (or any other sequential elimination method) has simply "honest ballot" as optimal strategy: Suppose that there are three candidates that you honestly rank as A>B>C. Suppose further, that you are reasonably sure that A could not beat C if A survived to the last round, but that B could beat C if B survived to the last round. Then it might be to your advantage to rank A in second (if not last) place, contrary to your honest preference order. Forest > I define my criterion for 'best strategy' probabilistically. The best > strategy is the one that is most likely to get you what you want. I > suppose that does leave open the possibility of oddities in some > scenarios. > > If we find more than one election method which has a best strategy of > voting honestly, then the best method is the one which satisfies the > utilitarian goal of being the most likely to make the most people the > happiest. That's where I'm going with my simulations. I just need to > add a bit more complexity on the strategy side. > > Brian Olson > http://bolson.org/ > > ---- > Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info > ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
