RE: [EM] Rankings made by another method

2004-03-26 Thread James Gilmour
> James Gilmour wrote: > >Your definition relies on the answer to a question that is > asked only > >very rarely, and is never asked in a real election. (It was > asked in > >the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, shortly after the > >two elections to the Scottish Parliament, but that is > exc

Re: [EM] Rankings made by another method

2004-03-26 Thread James Green-Armytage
James Gilmour wrote: >Your definition relies on the answer to a question that is asked only >very rarely, and is never >asked in a real election. (It was asked in the Scottish Social Attitudes >Survey, shortly after the >two elections to the Scottish Parliament, but that is exceptional.) In a >re

RE: [EM] Rankings made by another method

2004-03-26 Thread James Gilmour
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >What is sincere (= will best achieve the desired > >result = election of most preferred candidate) in one voting system James Green-Armytage Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 4:07 AM > > This isn't how I generally understand the concept of sincere > voting. In a ran

Re: [EM] Rankings made by another method

2004-03-25 Thread Eric Gorr
At 8:07 PM -0800 3/25/04, James Green-Armytage wrote: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What is sincere (= will best achieve the desired result = election of most preferred candidate) in one voting system This isn't how I generally understand the concept of sincere voting. In a ranked ballot system, I wo

Re: [EM] Rankings made by another method

2004-03-25 Thread James Green-Armytage
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >What is sincere (= will best achieve the desired >result = election of most preferred candidate) in one voting system This isn't how I generally understand the concept of sincere voting. In a ranked ballot system, I would hold sincere voting to the following definition

RE: [EM] Rankings made by another method

2004-03-25 Thread James Gilmour
> James Gilmour said: > > I would suggest that analysing (counting) by a > different method the voting patterns of votes cast for > counting under one method will not give a > very useful result. > MIKE OSSIPOFF > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:59 PM > > ...unless sincere voting is assumed.