[Election-Methods] Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-10 Thread Diego Santos
Suppose this scenario: 46: A B C 5: B A C 5: B C A 44: C B A B beats A and C, but he is approved for only 10% of the voters. A possible patch is to avoid rank-only ballots and ignore candidates with less than 1/2 approval (or total score, if range ballots are used) of the most approved

Re: [Election-Methods] RE : Is this Condorcet method reasonable?

2007-12-10 Thread Steve Eppley
Hi, Diego Santos wrote: 2007/12/3, Steve Eppley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Perhaps I failed to emphasize, when I mentioned the withdrawal option a few days ago, that it sharply reduces the incentive to vote strategically? A candidate strategically raised over the sincere winner could withdraw

Re: [Election-Methods] Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-10 Thread Dave Ketchum
Since A C are tied, you cannot do any better than B. Get far enough away, and A or C will properly win. I do not like '' for Condorcet. On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:17:53 -0300 Diego Santos wrote: Suppose this scenario: 46: A B C 5: B A C 5: B C A 44: C B A B beats A and C, but he

Re: [Election-Methods] Bucklin

2007-12-10 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:30 AM 12/9/2007, Jan Kok wrote: On Dec 7, 2007 7:54 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The case in Brown v. Smallwood was one where the result overturned by the court was clearly just, and the reversal -- a long time after the election -- was very poor public policy.

Re: [Election-Methods] Bucklin

2007-12-10 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:29 AM 12/9/2007, Diego Santos wrote: 2007/12/9, Jan Kok mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, I consider almost any form of Bucklin more palatable than IRV, and of course it is better than Plurality. Bucklin is not so bad, but I still think that a better ranked method should