Disclaimer: this method is for theoretical purposes only. Those who don't
believe in theoretical purposes should delete it immediately.
Somtimes PR STV is introduced by asking the reader to imagine a PR election in
which voters vote sequentially with knowledge of the current running subtotal
David Cary wrote
...
This example seems to contradict what I understood to be Forest's
earlier claim that a geometrically consistent election with 3
candidates always produced a Condorcet winner. Am I missing something?
I reply:
Your example is geometrically consistent, but it does not meet
--- "Simmons, Forest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Cary asked ...
>
> Does geometric consistency mean here that the candidates and voters
> can be represented by points in some space so that a voter prefers
> candidate A over Candidate B iff the voter is "closer" to A than to
> B?
>
> Basi
