Re: Robonson wins; Debian v monotonicity (was Re: Some analysis of DPL 2003 results

2003-04-21 Thread Rob Lanphier
Drake Diedrich wrote: On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 09:46:06PM +1200, Craig Carey wrote: [something or other] If this was a real post and not a troll ... you need to be a *bit* less emphatic with your opinions and more clear with your justifications. The modification of IRV to handle equally

Re: Robonson wins; Debian v monotonicity (was Re: Some analysis of DPL 2003 results

2003-04-21 Thread Drake Diedrich
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 09:46:06PM +1200, Craig Carey wrote: > > This is a lengthy argument against the current Debian problem of > wrongly rejecting Mr Branden Robinson who would almost certainly be > the winner if the method of the last election was maximally proportional > (and passing P2) and

Robonson wins; Debian v monotonicity (was Re: Some analysis of DPL 2003 results

2003-04-21 Thread Craig Carey
This is a lengthy argument against the current Debian problem of wrongly rejecting Mr Branden Robinson who would almost certainly be the winner if the method of the last election was maximally proportional (and passing P2) and monotonic. I.e. the method then is almost the smallest adjustment that

Re: Some analysis of DPL 2003 results

2003-04-20 Thread David Z Maze
David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 02:29:16AM -0700, Rob Lanphier wrote: >> http://electorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=32 > > Interesting reading, although I don't know what I should make out of > this sentence: > > "What complicates

Re: Some analysis of DPL 2003 results

2003-04-20 Thread Rob Lanphier
David Weinehall wrote: Interesting reading, although I don't know what I should make out of this sentence: "What complicates this is that the ballot allows for multiple first choices. Relatively few Debian developers did this though (453 of the 488 total votes)." I'd say that 453 out of 488 is

Re: Some analysis of DPL 2003 results

2003-04-20 Thread David Weinehall
On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 02:29:16AM -0700, Rob Lanphier wrote: > Hi all, > > Being the election methods geek that I am, I decided to do some analysis > of the last DPL election. I've posted the results of this here: > > http://electorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=32

Some analysis of DPL 2003 results

2003-04-20 Thread Rob Lanphier
Hi all, Being the election methods geek that I am, I decided to do some analysis of the last DPL election. I've posted the results of this here: http://electorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=32 I ran through a few scenarios using Instant Runoff Voting to tally the