[EM] Re: Bucklin

2005-09-22 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
Kevin-- Yes, I prefer the ERBucklin(whole) that you described. I'd always assumed that a candidate 2nd place would get a vote in the 2nd round. But I prefer the verson that you described. How about this wording: ERBucklin(whole): Voters rank the candidates. Equal rankings and truncation are

[EM] An interesting example

2005-09-22 Thread Simmons, Forest
Here's an interesting example with four candidates, in which (under Shulze) an order reversal between Favorite and Compromise would give the win to Compromise (instead of a third candidate D) even though Compromise already beats Favorite. In other words, there seems to be incentive to betray Fa

Re: [EM] DMC

2005-09-22 Thread Kevin Venzke
Jobst, --- Jobst Heitzig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Dear Kevin! > > You wrote: > > SFC talks about situations with a *sincere* CW. > > I thought the example you gave was the sincere preferences. If not, what > were the sincere preferences in that example and which was the sincere > CW in t

RE: [EM] Bucklin

2005-09-22 Thread Kevin Venzke
Mike, --- MIKE OSSIPOFF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > In ERBucklin(whole), if you raise Favorite from 2nd place up to 1st place > where Compromise is, doesn't that mean that your vote filters down to your > old 3rd place candidate sooner? Maybe soon enough to let him get a majority > before F