On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm <km-el...@broadpark.no> wrote: > If we ignore that and consider voters as having to vote (like they would > have to in a nation of compulsory voting) and otherwise as rational economic > beings, then that problem vanishes,
Another option would be to assume that they greatly overestimate the odds of a tie occurring. This would explain why more people vote when they think the result is going to be close. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info