Re: [Election-Methods] Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-13 Thread fsimmons
The scenario46 A>>B>C5  B>>A>C5  B>>C>A44 C>>B>Asuggests that ninety percent of the voters would rationally prefer a Random Ballot drawing over the sure election of Condorcet Candidate B.As for Approval; since the B voters are so evenly divided in their slight preferences relative to A and C, th

Re: [Election-Methods] Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-10 Thread Jonathan Lundell
On Dec 10, 2007, at 8:00 PM, Dave Ketchum wrote: > Since A & C are tied, you cannot do any better than B. > > Get far enough away, and A or C will properly win. > > I do not like '>>' for Condorcet. '>>' seems like a useful shorthand to describe the "sincere preferences" of the voters here. It

Re: [Election-Methods] Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-10 Thread Dave Ketchum
Since A & C are tied, you cannot do any better than B. Get far enough away, and A or C will properly win. I do not like '>>' for Condorcet. On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:17:53 -0300 Diego Santos wrote: > Suppose this scenario: > > 46: A >> B > C > 5: B >> A > C > 5: B >> C > A > 44: C >> B > A > > B

[Election-Methods] Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-10 Thread Diego Santos
Suppose this scenario: 46: A >> B > C 5: B >> A > C 5: B >> C > A 44: C >> B > A B beats A and C, but he is approved for only 10% of the voters. A possible patch is to avoid rank-only ballots and ignore candidates with less than 1/2 approval (or total score, if range ballots are used) of the mo