On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:08:35 +0200 (CEST) Kevin Venzke wrote:

Dave,

--- Dave Ketchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit : >

If two voters rank A=B, the effect should be the same as if one ranked A>B and the other ranked B>A.

If you want this behavior then you have to use Margins.

Sez WHO?


Sez anybody. You get this behavior by using Margins or half-votes (which are the same thing). You can't by using WV.

Here's an example.

Election 1
1 A>B
1 A>B
1 B>A

Election 2
1 A>B
1 A=B
1 A=B

With Margins, A beats B in both elections with strength 1.  With half-votes, it is
strength 2.

With WV, in election 1 A beats B with strength 2, while in election 2, A beats B with
strength 1.

So Margins treated A>B and B>A the same as two A=B, while WV did not.


Ok, so sez Kevin - but we knew that already.  Who else?



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