Forrest Simmons has mentioned "Yee-Bolson Diagrams", and I am aware
of (and admire) the work by Ka-Ping Yee, but as somebody not that
familiar with the election theory literature, I don't understand the
reference to Bolson or who he (or she) is. Could somebody give me a
pointer?
Best,
Leon
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Hi Leon,
--- En date de : Jeu 6.1.11, Leon Smith a écrit :
> Forrest Simmons has mentioned
> "Yee-Bolson Diagrams", and I am aware
> of (and admire) the work by Ka-Ping Yee, but as
> somebody not that
> familiar with the election theory literature, I don't
> understand the
> reference to Bolson
Ahh, well, I do intend on making some of my own diagrams at some
point when I get around to it. It is a very cool idea.
Thanks,
Leon
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Kevin Venzke wrote:
> Hi Leon,
>
> --- En date de : Jeu 6.1.11, Leon Smith a écrit :
>> Forrest Simmons has mentioned
>> "Yee-
specifically, my results are here:
http://bolson.org/voting/sim_one_seat/
http://bolson.org/voting/sim_one_seat/www/
Ka Ping Yee did them first. I think I did them second and bigger and more. I
haven't done any in a while, but my source is out there and there are other
implementations as well.
In North Carolina, Doug McCullough won the IRV judicial election even though:
1. McCullough had *fewer* first place votes than Cressie Thigpen;
2. McCullough had *fewer* first + second place votes than Cressie Thigpen;
and
3. McCullough had *fewer* first + second + third place votes than Thigpen.
Sorry, I seem to have deleted whole words from my own email, but I'm
sure you can understand what it says nonetheless. Sane persons who
truly want democratic representation may stop promoting IRV/STV after
seeing this wild NC IRV outcome. It would take extreme time and
dedication and nonexistent c
