[EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner

2011-02-01 Thread James Green-Armytage
Quick question for everyone: Do you happen to know when the method described in the subject line (eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner) was first proposed? The rest of this message is a reply to Chris Benham. Hi Chris, You wrote: Smith,Hare (which Woodall cal

[EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a condorcet winner

2011-05-13 Thread Warren Smith
http://www.rangevoting.org/TidemanRev.html#wbsirv had discussed that and blamed it on a paper by Woodall 1997. (This method is like one of those Tideman in his book had flagged as one of the best he knew, except it's arguably better.) -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org <-- add your endor

Re: [EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner

2011-02-02 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi James, I don't have the answer to your question but reviewing the rangevoting page and Woodall's papers I note that Woodall defined two combination methods. In the 1997 paper, "C-AV" "exclude[s] all candidates not in the Condorcet top tier (closing up the gaps in the preference listings when c

Re: [EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner

2011-05-11 Thread fsimmons
James Green-Armytage asked Quick question for everyone: Do you happen to know when the method described in the subject line (eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner) was first proposed? Forest's attempt at an answer: I don't know about "first proposed," but I know th

Re: [EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner

2011-05-11 Thread robert bristow-johnson
On May 11, 2011, at 3:51 PM, fsimm...@pcc.edu wrote: James Green-Armytage asked Quick question for everyone: Do you happen to know when the method described in the subject line (eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner) was first proposed? by Plurality Loser, do you m

Re: [EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner

2011-05-12 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
robert bristow-johnson wrote: On May 11, 2011, at 3:51 PM, fsimm...@pcc.edu wrote: James Green-Armytage asked Quick question for everyone: Do you happen to know when the method described in the subject line (eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner) was first proposed?

Re: [EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner

2011-05-12 Thread fsimmons
plurality loser until there is a Condorcet > winner (Kristofer Munsterhjelm) > > > ----------------- > ----- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 19:51:24 + (GMT) > From: fsimm...@pcc.edu > To: election-methods@l

Re: [EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner

2011-05-12 Thread Andrew Myers
James Green-Armytage asked Quick question for everyone: Do you happen to know when the method described in the subject line (eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner) was first proposed? This idea is implemented as part of the CIVS voting service, where it is called "Condo

Re: [EM] eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet winner

2011-05-12 Thread Dave Ketchum
On May 11, 2011, at 9:35 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: On May 11, 2011, at 3:51 PM, fsimm...@pcc.edu wrote: James Green-Armytage asked Quick question for everyone: Do you happen to know when the method described in the subject line (eliminate the plurality loser until there is a Condorcet w