Re: [Election-Methods] Challenge: Elect the comprom ise when there're only 2 factions

2007-08-27 Thread Jobst Heitzig
Dear Abd ul-Rahman, No. It's an understanding of what utilities mean. If you think so... If A does not win, the supporters of A lose something. They are in the majority. If each of them grabs a B supporter and wrestles with him, or her, I suppose, the excess A supporters can then

Re: [Election-Methods] Elect the Compromise

2007-08-27 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:07 AM 8/27/2007, rob brown wrote: On 8/26/07, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:59 AM 8/26/2007, rob brown wrote: Vote trading generally means the ballots can't be secret, so elections would be inherently corruptible by anyone with money. This is