Re: [EM] Someone thinks that Approval should meet the Mutual Majority Criterion

2013-06-06 Thread Jameson Quinn
2013/6/6 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax > Another issue that was left a bit hanging in discussions on the CES list: > > Does top-two Approval fail the Favorite Betrayal Criterion? There are > really two forms of top-two Approval to be considered, plus a third detail. > > 1. Top two approval where two candid

Re: [EM] Someone thinks that Approval should meet the Mutual Majority Criterion

2013-06-06 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Another issue that was left a bit hanging in discussions on the CES list: Does top-two Approval fail the Favorite Betrayal Criterion? There are really two forms of top-two Approval to be considered, plus a third detail. 1. Top two approval where two candidates advance to the general election.

Re: [EM] Someone thinks that Approval should meet the Mutual Majority Criterion

2013-06-06 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:18 AM 6/6/2013, Michael Ossipoff wrote: Someone recently accused me of contriving the definition of sincere voting so that Approval would fail MMC (which specifies sincere voting in its premise). Michael has a bit of misunderstanding floating in his head about this. I pointed out that de

[EM] Someone thinks that Approval should meet the Mutual Majority Criterion

2013-06-06 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Someone recently accused me of contriving the definition of sincere voting so that Approval would fail MMC (which specifies sincere voting in its premise). One way to answer his objection is to ask him to compare Approval with methods that meet MMC, and ask himself if he notices a difference. The