Does geometric consistency mean here that the candidates and voters can be represented by points in some space so that a voter prefers candidate A over Candidate B iff the voter is "closer" to A than to B?
--- "Simmons, Forest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First of all, which combinations of candidate orderings make sense > geometrically? > > This question is not hard to answer in the case of three > candidates, A, B, and C. > > Suppose that candidates A and C are the furthest apart from each > other as measured by some symmetric metric (Euclidean or not). > > Then geometric consistency requires that the A and C orderings are > ABC and CBA, respectively. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
