I plead guilty to incomplete thinking.
Not sure if my shorthand would have been so objectionable if the thinking had been correct (the shorthand was that:
All but T would be the same for all three method details
T would vary to respond to details).
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 19:42:46 -0400 James Green-Armytage wrote:
Dave Ketchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
For what follows voting is: 1 X (A or B or C) 3 D 3 T (troublemakers) Without equal rankings T votes are scattered to A, B, C, and D wins
OOPS - T votes go to such as A>B>C, so X wins as they desire, but they get no special credit.
With equal rankings whole votes, T votes are A=B=C and the X vote defines the winner (who gets 4 votes).
IF D losing was their only goal, doing = did not help (or hurt) T.
With equal rankings fractional votes, T votes are A=B=C and D wins.
Throw away troublemaker hat - T did better without =.
Dave, I'm sorry, but I don't understand your example. It does not seem to make sense. I must be missing something. Are you imagining three different sets of ballots as follows:
My error led to misunderstanding.
best, James
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