Quoting Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If everyone votes Range in a balanced way, sincerely after thoughtful > consideration, not exaggerating, you end up with an optimal election > method, actually.
I believe it would only be optimal if the meanings of each ranking used by everyone is exactly the same (i.e. a rating of 7 has the same meaning for everyone and they would each give the same answer for what it means.). Unfortunately, I can find no reason to think this would ever be the case - except in the case of Approval Voting. In the case of Approval Voting the meanings of the two values would be, I believe, described the same by everyone...0 = I don't approve of them/I don't want them to win; 1 = I approve of them/I wouldn't mind if they won. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
