Hello Gervase,
On Mar 24, 2005, at 03:00, Gervase Lam wrote:
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:15:52 +0200 From: Juho Laatu Subject: [EM] Sincere methods
I already gave some support to seeing MinMax (margins) ("least additional votes") as one potential "sincere method" (criticism received too).
If you want something a bit more strategic resistant, Reynaud(Margins) might be a good step up.
I haven't unfortunately studied the characteristics of this method well enough to comment if it is the best. (I'll try to do my homework better and study all the proposed methods a bit more than I have been able to do so far.)
Comment on the use of terms "strategic" and "sincere":
A method that has been made "strategy resistant" is by definition different from the corresponding "sincere method" (=method that elects the best candidate based on our selected criteria when all the votes are sincere, i.e. without the need to care about strategic votes). Should I thus read your comment so that you see MinMax (margins) as a sincere method (the best one, or just one good sincere method) whose weaknesses with strategic voting can best be patched by using Raynaud (Margins)?
Best Regards, Juho
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