Re: [EM] tactical voting vs different methods

2009-06-11 Thread Juho Laatu
--- On Thu, 11/6/09, Árpád Magosányi mag...@rabic.org wrote: 2009/6/10 Juho Laatu juho4...@yahoo.co.uk I just want to agree with this viewpoint. I have seen e.g. claims that Condorcet (that can elect compromise candidates) would favour candidates that have no strong opinions. But I

Re: [EM] tactical voting vs different methods

2009-06-11 Thread Juho Laatu
--- On Thu, 11/6/09, Kevin Venzke step...@yahoo.fr wrote: In Schulze you foremost want to defeat every other candidate head-to-head. If we are even looking at beatpaths, all candidates have failed their first goal. Yes, in Schulze and other Condorcet methods the primary goal can be said

[EM] tactical voting vs different methods

2009-06-10 Thread Árpád Magosányi
Hi! The underlying assumption of Warren's analysis is that there are two major candidates, and the voter tries to make one of these candidates win at any cost. I feel uneasy with this assumption, because - here, now I would not entrust any of the top two candidates, and the majority of the

Re: [EM] tactical voting vs different methods

2009-06-10 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hello, --- En date de : Mer 10.6.09, Árpád Magosányi mag...@rabic.org a écrit : What I am missing here is analysis of the impact of voting method on the strategy of voters and candidates. I hope a model could be set up which helps to understand this, but I have only faint ideas about how