Hi Raph, --- En date de : Dim 19.10.08, Raph Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Kevin Venzke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually even if exactly one candidate had majority > approval, that would > > not guarantee that they would win a runoff. > > It would depend on strategy. However, if exactly one > candidate has > majority approval and nobody else does, then that should > mean that he > is preferred to anyone else by a majority. > > The only way it isn't true is if some voters approved > the candidate > and the didn't approve a candidate that they preferred > more.
Consider these sincere preference orders: 40 A>B>C 20 B>A>C 40 C>B>A I can't see any reason why it couldn't be expected that only A will receive majority approval, but B would defeat A in a runoff. Kevin Venzke __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? En finir avec le spam? Yahoo! Mail vous offre la meilleure protection possible contre les messages non sollicités http://mail.yahoo.fr Yahoo! Mail ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
