Bart I asked:
Steve Eppley wrote:
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Steven Brams, I presume. But it's such an unimportant
property, since it's laughably unrealistic to assume
voters' sincere preferences are dichotomous when there
are more than two candidates. It's a product of the
publish or perish syndrome, most
Isn't there really anyone interrested in this topic
?
Or amIjust much too confusing in my
explanations ???
I'd like to get feedback on this topic,
please...
It's about normalising the enthropy (amount of
information)
contained in of an "approval like"
vote.
Philippe Errembault
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As I understand it, your scheme, unlike regular approval, fails the
Favorite Betrayal Criterion (FBC). Suppose there is a close race between
two major candidates, call them Bush and Kerry. Suppose a voter has a
favorite that is neither Bush nor Kerry. In regular approval, a rational
voter will
