Re: [EM] Election-Methods Digest, Vol 53, Issue 44

2008-11-22 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Greg, --- En date de : Ven 21.11.08, Greg Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > A fair point. I don't see it in practice, though. In > the recent San > Francisco IRV elections, for example, there were three open > seats > (incumbents weren't running). Two of the seats saw 9 > candidates > runn

Re: [EM] Election-Methods Digest, Vol 53, Issue 44

2008-11-21 Thread Greg Dennis
Thanks for the comments, Kevin. I'll try to offer some clarifications below . . . > From: Kevin Venzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I want to comment on the first point/reason. I'll quote from the page. > >>First and foremost, IRV eliminates the most common type of Condorcet >>failure --- the "spoiler