Re: [Election-Methods] YN model - simple voting model in which range optimal, others not

2008-03-28 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:17 PM 3/27/2008, Dave Ketchum wrote: Ok, I give up on poking at this one. While the stated votes may be possible, I do not accept them as being of enough expectability to be useful in comparison among the election systems. Dave, you've been reading the Election Methods list for quite some

Re: [Election-Methods] YN model - simple voting model in which range optimal, others not

2008-03-28 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:12:45 -0400 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 12:17 PM 3/27/2008, Dave Ketchum wrote: Ok, I give up on poking at this one. While the stated votes may be possible, I do not accept them as being of enough expectability to be useful in comparison among the election

Re: [Election-Methods] YN model - simple voting model in which range optimal, others not

2008-03-28 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:30:47 -0400 Warren Smith wrote: YN is made to appear as a comparison of methods, whereas it is tailored to make Range look good. -- 1. it does make range look good, but 2. but no - I disagree it was tailored for that purpose. It is a natural thing to

[Election-Methods] Partisan Politics

2008-03-28 Thread Fred Gohlke
Good Morning, Juho Very well said. I hope you're right. I hope we can improve our political systems in less than 200 years. But, as you point out, ... the current establishment always has clear reasons to oppose any changes. That will make the process slow, and, possibly, painful. You