Re: [EM] STV vs Party-list PR, could context matter?

2012-02-20 Thread Raph Frank
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Richard Fobes electionmeth...@votefair.org wrote: Another way to understand the second problem is to consider what would happen if 55% of the voters in a state favor the Republican Party, and the remaining 45% favor the Democratic Party, and there is an even

Re: [EM] Question about Schulze beatpath method

2012-02-20 Thread Markus Schulze
Hallo, in example 3 of my paper, the weakest link of the strongest path from candidate A to candidate C is the same link as the weakest link in the strongest path from candidate C to candidate A: http://m-schulze.webhop.net/schulze1.pdf Markus Schulze Election-Methods mailing list - see

Re: [EM] Question about Schulze beatpath method

2012-02-20 Thread robert bristow-johnson
On 2/20/12 1:15 PM, Markus Schulze wrote: Hallo, in example 3 of my paper, the weakest link of the strongest path from candidate A to candidate C is the same link as the weakest link in the strongest path from candidate C to candidate A: http://m-schulze.webhop.net/schulze1.pdf the thing that

Re: [EM] Kevin V, Richard F., Raph F

2012-02-20 Thread David L Wetzell
From: Kevin Venzke step...@yahoo.fr To: election-methods election-meth...@electorama.com Cc: Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:01:06 + (GMT) Subject: Re: [EM] Kevin V. Hi David, KV:The similarity is that with SODA, you (and like-minded candidates) get a benefit even if you don't win. Under