On Dec 29, 2007 1:17 PM, Dave Ketchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:53:56 -0800 CLAY SHENTRUP wrote: > >>Seems like Rob Brown gave us a start on moving ahead. > > > > the best way to move ahead is to dump ordinal voting methods for > > cardinal ones. approval voting is vastly simpler than all ranked > > methods. > Agreed that Approval is simple - but it is also too incapable of > indicating normal thoughts such as: A and B are better than X AND A is > preferred over B. >
Approval is simple only if you find it convenient to ignore such questions as "how should a voter vote to best pursue his interests?" If you happen to include such things in the equation, Approval mind-blowingly complex.
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