Rob, --- Rob LeGrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Here's a question I thought about quite a bit a while ago but never posted > until now that there's talk of Bucklin on the list: Which candidate should > win the following Bucklin election? > > 25:Brown>Jones>Davis>Smith > 26:Davis>Smith>Brown>Jones > 49:Jones>Smith>Brown>Davis > > Smith? Jones?
I agree that Jones wins in Bucklin. Woodall proposes a method called "Quota-Limited Trickle-Down" or "QLTD" which seems to be equivalent to Bucklin, except that when there is a tie (i.e. two candidates achieve a majority at the same stage), the winner is the one who needs the smallest percentage of the last stage's votes in order to have a majority. (Assuming I'm understanding it correctly.) By that method, Jones wins, because he needs only 2/25 of the second stage votes to have a majority, whereas Smith needs over 2/3rds of them. I wonder if Woodall's version is slightly better at reducing regret. Kevin Venzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Mail : votre e-mail personnel et gratuit qui vous suit partout ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Dialoguez en direct avec vos amis grâce à Yahoo! Messenger !Téléchargez Yahoo! Messenger sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info