----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Rouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [EM] 05/13/02 - The Education of Poor Richard: > Given uniform voter distribution, as long as > the left-wing candidate is between his mark and the center and the > right-wing candidate is between his mark and the center, the center > candidate will always lose with IRV (i.e. have fewer voters closer to it > than to another candidate) *no matter where it is placed between the two > extremes*.
Oops, correction. With 2/3rds of electorate between extremes, example holds as long as central candidate is closer to the center of the electorate than the extreme candidates are to their corresponding points. When left-wing and right-wing candidates have less than 1/3 of electorate between them, it does not matter where you place the center candidate. Blech, I hate making corrections. Michael Rouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
