Juho, --- Juho Laatu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Thanks for the reminder. I try to be careful in writing about the FBC. > Or maybe I should write about any harm done to the favourite small > party candidate (which could lead to 2-party domination) in a more > general sense. In range voting the Approval style strategy of giving > full points both to the favourite small party candidate (A) and the > best big party candidate (B) could move us towards 2-party domination.
It could, but I don't know of any method where you always can safely vote your favorite candidate *above* your compromise choice. If this is what it would take to avoid two-party domination, then we are out of luck. > But I'm also not very worried since the real (stronger, meaningful) > reasons for 2-party domination are elsewhere, not in Condorcet or other > slightly big party favouring rules (e.g. d'Hondt method). I'm confused. You say that even approval-style voting could move us towards two-party domination, but that this doesn't worry you because we have real, stronger, meaningful reasons elsewhere...? If I were you, I wouldn't be very worried, either. I would feel forced to give up on this issue. Kevin Venzke ___________________________________________________________________________ Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Téléchargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info