Kristofer Munsterhjelm > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:41 PM > If IRV does elect the true Condorcet winner in all realistic elections > (as opposed to the CW according to strategic ballots), and the > Australian two-party (two and a third?) dominance arises from IRV, then > that means that any Condorcet single-round single winner method will > lead to two party dominance. That would be unfortunate. Of course, if it > is the truth, no matter how unfortunate it is, it'll still be the truth; > and in that case we should focus on multiwinner elections and > PR instead.
Whether or not Condorcet single-round single-winner elections have the effect suggested, all assemblies (city councils, state and federal legislatures, parliaments) should be elected by multi-winner PR voting systems. That is the only way to ensure that these "representative" bodies are truly representative of those who voted in the respective elections. I had always assumed this list was focused so strongly on single-winner voting systems because there are so many important single-office (hence single-winner) elections in the USA. James No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1811 - Release Date: 25/11/2008 08:29 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
