Dear Russ! I completely agree with what you wrote!
Just like you, I think that > an "ideal" election > method must integrate both ordinal and cardinal information, and the > cardinal information should be simple approval (yes/no for each > candidate). I would even go so far to claim that the ideal election should also give special relevance to a third kind of information: "direct" support. For example by using Random Ballot to choose from a small set of most acceptable candidates such as Forest's P. Or, a new idea, if you find randomization inacceptable, by electing the member of P with the most direct support! Yours, Jobst ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
