Re: [EM] ER-Bucklin fails monotonicity

2005-07-01 Thread James J Faran
I see, said the idiot. Please ignore my previous post on this topic. I was failing to comprehend the intricacies of the difference between Bucklin and ER-Bucklin(whole), some of which are explained below by Kevin Venzke. Jim Faran On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 10:05, Kevin Venzke wrote: > James, > > ---

Re: [EM] ER-Bucklin fails monotonicity

2005-07-01 Thread Kevin Venzke
James, --- James Green-Armytage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Kevin, you wrote: > >This seems like a new interpretation. I believe both this interpretation > >and > >ERB(fractional) satisfy monotonicity, since in neither method can raising > >a candidate cause any other candidate to get their vo

Re: [EM] ER-Bucklin fails monotonicity

2005-07-01 Thread James J Faran
It seems to me that ER-Bucklin(whole) does not satisfy FBC since Bucklin does not. Example: 3 candidates, 10 voters Preferences: 2:A>B>C 1:A>C>B 3:C>A>B 4:B>C>A 1st round scores are 3:4:3 for A,B,C: No majority. 2nd round scores are 6:6:8. C has the largest majority and so wins. What is a poor