Re: [EM] Juho reply, 21 Feb., 1053 GMT

2007-02-24 Thread Juho
On Feb 24, 2007, at 2:22 , James Gilmour wrote: Juho> Sent: 22 February 2007 06:29 On Feb 22, 2007, at 5:50 , Dave Ketchum wrote: STAY AWAY from US Presidential elections. The Electoral College offers too many complications to live with for this effort. Ok, let it be UK then, electing a MP

Re: [EM] Juho reply, 21 Feb., 1053 GMT

2007-02-23 Thread James Gilmour
Juho> Sent: 22 February 2007 06:29 > On Feb 22, 2007, at 5:50 , Dave Ketchum wrote: > > STAY AWAY from US Presidential elections. The Electoral College > > offers too many complications to live with for this effort. > > Ok, let it be UK then, electing a MP (excluding at least the > Scottish Pa

Re: [EM] Juho reply, 21 Feb., 1053 GMT

2007-02-22 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:28:40 +0200 Juho wrote: > On Feb 22, 2007, at 5:50 , Dave Ketchum wrote: > >>STAY AWAY from US Presidential elections. The Electoral College >>offers too many complications to live with for this effort. > > > Ok, let it be UK then, electing a MP (excluding at least the

Re: [EM] Juho reply, 21 Feb., 1053 GMT

2007-02-21 Thread Juho
On Feb 22, 2007, at 5:50 , Dave Ketchum wrote: > STAY AWAY from US Presidential elections. The Electoral College > offers too many complications to live with for this effort. Ok, let it be UK then, electing a MP (excluding at least the Scottish Parliament to stay in the two-party domain). :-)

Re: [EM] Juho reply, 21 Feb., 1053 GMT

2007-02-21 Thread Dave Ketchum
Let us see: Name of method - needs salability, but has no effect on quality of method. wv vs margins - a major decision, but either is equally doable. The Condorcet array should be available anyway, and can be used either way. Anyone can pick the winner from the above data.

Re: [EM] Juho reply, 21 Feb., 1053 GMT

2007-02-21 Thread Juho
On Feb 21, 2007, at 12:53 , Michael Ossipoff wrote: > Juho replies: > > Do you mean that margins would be so "strategy inviting" that most > voters would turn to strategic voters (in practical real-life > elections) if margins are used? > > I reply: > > Yes, voters would be more likely to regr

[EM] Juho reply, 21 Feb., 1053 GMT

2007-02-21 Thread Michael Ossipoff
On Feb 20, 2007, at 15:39 , Michael Ossipoff wrote: > Juho wrote: > > My sympathies towards minmax(margins) come primarily from the way > it handles sincere votes. > > I reply: > > But there won’t be sincere votes for it to handle, to the extent > that it doesn’t allow sincere votes. That’s wh