RE: [EM] Sports and 'The Condorcet Mindset'

[Adam Tarr]

Steve Barnes wrote:

Alex Small seems to beg the question, how much more manipulatable is the Borda
Countthan, say, the IRV? It seems to me that we should quantify the DEGREE to which
it suffers this problem.

Is there a way to quantify this? Probably not a way that everyone could agree on. But how about this example:

60% A
39% B
1% C

All the voters assign zero utility to the other candidates. In just about every voting system except Borda (including IRV), The A voters are guaranteed to win. In Borda, the B voters can win my voting BCA.

-Adam


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