>Very bad is the Supplementary Vote used to elect some >mayors in the UK. It is like the Contingent Vote (one trip to >the polls TTR) except voters are only allowed to rank 2 candidates.
Kevin Venzke wrote: I don't see how this is "very bad." I could see how you might think it is easily improved. But is this method better or worse than Approval? Is it better or worse than FPP? Kevin, The question of the precise ranking of the worst single-winner methods doesn't interest me very much. I just mentioned it as a method in use with absurd arbitrary features/restrictions that is dominated (in terms of useful criterion compliances) by IRV. To reluctantly answer your question I suppose it isn't worse than FPP and is probably worse than Approval. I'd be much more interested in your reaction to my recent "Range-Approval hybrid" suggested methods, which after all use the concept of "Approval Opposition" which you invented. Chris Benham Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
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