Mr. LeGrand wrote in part-
The term "clones" refers to candidates who are together on every ballot in an
election. In other words, on no ballot does any other candidate separate
them.
(Markus has a good formal definition.) The term doesn't imply that the
candidates are actually alike in any w
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Adam Tarr wrote:
> Forest wrote:
>
> >(1) Bubble sort starts from the top and works down: If the Borda order is
> >A > B > C , then Bubble compares A and B first, and then advances C as
> >far up as possible, one comparison at a time. So in circular ties
> >Bubb
Forest wrote:
>(1) Bubble sort starts from the top and works down: If the Borda order is
>A > B > C , then Bubble compares A and B first, and then advances C as
>far up as possible, one comparison at a time. So in circular ties
>Bubble can alter the Borda order if the Borda order is
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Adam Tarr wrote:
>
> Basically, whoever starts in first place in the cyclic
> tie wins, since whoever makes it up to challenge them must be the candidate
> that loses to them. So insofar as Borda seeded bubble sort uses Borda
> count to decide things, it has the same s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Mr. LeGrand wrote-
>
>Who deserves to win the following election? Who wins using Borda?
>
>11:Browne>Bush>Buchanan>Gore>Nader
> 2:Buchanan>Bush>Browne>Nader>Gore
> 8:Bush>Browne>Buchanan>Gore>Nader
>16:Bush>Buchanan>Browne>Gore>Nader
>12:Bush>Buchanan>Browne>Nader>Gore
Demorep wrote:
>Head to Head (Condorcet) Table
>
>BR Browne BH Bush BN Buchanan G Gore N Nader
>
>BR BHBN G N
>
>BR xx 6270 5249
>BH 38 xx98 4949
>BN 30 2xx 4949
>G 48 5151 xx52
>N 51
Mr. LeGrand wrote-
Who deserves to win the following election? Who wins using Borda?
11:Browne>Bush>Buchanan>Gore>Nader
2:Buchanan>Bush>Browne>Nader>Gore
8:Bush>Browne>Buchanan>Gore>Nader
16:Bush>Buchanan>Browne>Gore>Nader
12:Bush>Buchanan>Browne>Nader>Gore
17:Gore>Nader>Browne>Bush>Buchanan
That doesn't solve the problem. But it does give a starting point for
arguing about what standards are valuable, and what assumptions are
reasonable, and then what procedure is implied from various standards
and assumptions.
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D - One obvious standard --- getting a desired (plus compromise, if
Forest wrote-
Wouldn't we all agree that the best democratic method is to give the win
to the candidate with the majority of votes, whether or not the voters
have actually based their votes on fact, fiction, or superstition?
If we cannot resolve the two candidate case, then we have no hope of
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