James,
You wrote:
Given sincere votes, this may be interesting, but if votes are not
necessarily sincere, it would be quite possible for all candidates to
receive a social utility of 0. That is, the lower quartile feature makes
the method into a kind of 3/4 supermajority method.
However, scoring
James,
You wrote:
Dear election methods fans,
In a recent message, I noted that there is no broad consensus among
Condorcet supporters as to which completion methods would be most
appropriate for a few key scenarios. I don't really expect to establish
such a consensus, but I would at least like
James,
You wrote:
Dear election methods fans,
In a recent message, I noted that there is no broad consensus among
Condorcet supporters as to which completion methods would be most
appropriate for a few key scenarios. I don't really expect to establish
such a consensus, but I would at least like
James,
How do you define the runner up? How would beatpath strength translate
into a time-share?
That's a good question, especially since Ranked Pairs and Schulze's method,
as they're usually explained, don't specify how to determine anything other
than the winner. I wasn't very clear. Sorry
Brian,
When it comes to election methods, I'm a hobbyist. I'm also politically
active. Mostly I do volunteer work for various leftist causes. My only
support for the two-party system comes in the way of voting for the lesser
of two evils on election day.
I thought it was interesting that
