On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 04:04:03PM +0300, Juho Laatu wrote:
> Yes, it is possible and even typical that many small parties get their best
> results in the same district. One simple fix (and one step more complex
> algorithm) is to allocate full quota seats first and fractional seats only
> after
On 22.7.2013, at 16.43, Vidar Wahlberg wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 04:04:03PM +0300, Juho Laatu wrote:
>> Yes, it is possible and even typical that many small parties get their best
>> results in the same district. One simple fix (and one step more complex
>> algorithm) is to allocate full
An interesting article from DLW on modelling two-party voting as a battle
between two networks. (The comments are depressingly stupid, though.)
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From: David L Wetzell
Date: 2013/7/22
Subject: The list might like this...
To: Jameson Quinn
http://phys.org/
One additional note. You can make the quota based approach more divisor like by
agreeing a fixed comparison value (in the used divisor method) that guarantees
a seat. You would thus first elect all those candidates that have high enough
comparison values in the divisor method, and only then allo
On 07/21/2013 01:42 PM, Vidar Wahlberg wrote:
The biproportional apportionment system Kristoffer linked to is very
interesting. It is slightly more complex and I fear it may be too
complex for common people to understand (which will make it difficult to
gain support for it), and I wonder if it m
On 07/22/2013 07:20 PM, Jameson Quinn wrote:
An interesting article from DLW on modelling two-party voting as a
battle between two networks. (The comments are depressingly stupid, though.)
Maybe that could be used to argue in favor of Michael Allan's "party
that will dissolve itself". The gen
On 07/22/2013 05:37 PM, Juho Laatu wrote:
On 22.7.2013, at 16.43, Vidar Wahlberg wrote:
That might produce a sensible result, I'll see if I can modify the
code to do something like this.
I think that approach is at least quite easy to explain and justify
to the voters. A full quota is someth
On 07/22/2013 07:20 PM, Jameson Quinn wrote:
An interesting article from DLW on modelling two-party voting as a
battle between two networks. (The comments are depressingly stupid, though.)
Maybe that could be used to argue in favor of Michael Allan's "party
that will dissolve itself". The gen
On 22.7.2013, at 23.50, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
> On 07/22/2013 05:37 PM, Juho Laatu wrote:
>> On 22.7.2013, at 16.43, Vidar Wahlberg wrote:
>
>>> That might produce a sensible result, I'll see if I can modify the
>>> code to do something like this.
>>
>> I think that approach is at least
