[EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-20 Thread James Green-Armytage
Condorcet in 12 words: Ranked ballots. Simulate full round-robin tournament. Unbeaten candidate or weakest-beaten. IRV in 12 words: Ranked ballots. Eliminate candidate with fewest top choice votes until one remains. Weighted pairwise in 12 words: Rated ballots. Unbeaten in pairwise, or beaten wi

RE: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-19 Thread Paul Kislanko
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less Hi, Dave Ketchum suggested: > Condorcet (ignoring cycles): > Count ranked ballots as in a tournament among all candidates. That's getting pretty good. I'd like to tweak it a little: Tally the round-robin pairin

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-19 Thread Steve Eppley
Hi, Dave Ketchum suggested: > Condorcet (ignoring cycles): > Count ranked ballots as in a tournament among all candidates. That's getting pretty good. I'd like to tweak it a little: Tally the round-robin pairings using the voters' orders of preference. --Steve Election-methods mail

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-19 Thread Dave Ketchum
I do not like the word "runoff" for Condorct, so offer: Condorcet (ignoring cycles): Count ranked ballots as in a tournament among all candidates. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]people.clarityconnect.com/webpages3/davek Dave Ketchum 108 Halstead Ave, Owego, NY 13827-1708 607-687-5026

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-18 Thread Warren Schudy
Here's my 36 ungrammatical words: IRV: Eliminate candidate that is prefered (excluding eliminated candidates) of fewest voters. Repeat. Approval: Vote for any number of candidates. Candidate receiving most votes wins. Condorcet (ignoring cycles): Simulate all runoffs using ranked ballots. El

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-18 Thread Kislanko
In a message dated 8/18/2004 4:31:04 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Derive successive plurality eliminations from ranked ballots, eliminating one candidate each round. That's very good.   It doesn't say how candidates are eliminated, and it doesn't "describe" the

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-18 Thread Adam Tarr
I'd be interested in a 12-word IRV explanation I don't think that's possible, either. Derive successive plurality eliminations from ranked ballots, eliminating one candidate each round. Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-18 Thread Kislanko
In a message dated 8/18/2004 2:17:22 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One should simplify as much as possible but no further. Still, here goes:Rank candidates and elect pairwise winner.Six words. :) Yes, but no explanation.   There are "Condorcet-based" methods tha

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-18 Thread Dr . Ernie Prabhakar
On Aug 18, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Eric Gorr wrote: Anyone want to take a stab an giving an explanation of Condorcet Voting in 12 words or less...? I'm a sucker for terse phrasing: Rank all candidates. Pick one most preferred over each of the others. Twelve exactly! Of course, the whole notion is a li

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-18 Thread Eric Gorr
ooo...I like it. Got rid of the extra word in Approval Voting as well... Vote for one or more candidates. Candidate with the most votes wins. At 12:06 PM -0700 8/18/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One should simplify as much as possible but no further. Still, here goes: Rank candidates and elect pai

Re: [EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One should simplify as much as possible but no further. Still, here goes: Rank candidates and elect pairwise winner. Six words. :) Mike Rouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Gorr wrote: Anyone want to take a stab an giving an explanation of Condorcet Voting in 12 words or less...? Had a conversation recen

[EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

2004-08-18 Thread Eric Gorr
Anyone want to take a stab an giving an explanation of Condorcet Voting in 12 words or less...? Had a conversation recently with an IRV supporter who is supporting IRV over Condorcet and Approval Voting because IRV can be explained in 12 words or less (but has yet to provide that explanation) a