Re: [EM] my 2¢ on range voting (and other pseudomajority methods)

2005-01-07 Thread Kevin Venzke
Brian, --- Brian Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > I don't think that range voting should be used for this scenario. Why > > not? > > Because it is not a majority rule system. It is possible for a > > candidate > > to win in range voting even if they are the last choice of 99% of the > >

Re: [EM] my 2¢ on range voting (and other pseudomajority methods)

2005-01-07 Thread Brian Olson
On Jan 4, 2005, at 11:09 PM, James Green-Armytage wrote: Range voting is neither a majority rule method, a supermajority rule method, nor a proportional representation method. Therefore, its applications are very limited. Let's say that our voting scenario is a large group of people choosing an ex

[EM] my 2¢ on range voting (and other pseudomajority methods)

2005-01-04 Thread James Green-Armytage
Range voting is neither a majority rule method, a supermajority rule method, nor a proportional representation method. Therefore, its applications are very limited. Let's say that our voting scenario is a large group of people choosing an executive (e.g. a mayor or president), and there is enough