Digging up an older email I hadn't responded to
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Anthony Simmons wrote:
> Rob Lanphier made a distinction between two types of
> strategy:
>
> >> I think the strategy issue manifests itself in a couple of ways:
> >> 1. Tendency of voters to engage in tactical/insincere v
Forest Simmons wrote:
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> On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Bart Ingles wrote:
>
> > I had the chance to speak to an Australian visitor at a recent local
> > Libertarian convention. Her stated reason for liking IRV was that she
> > was able to rank a sure-to-lose fringe candidate above her favorite, in
>
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Bart Ingles wrote:
> I had the chance to speak to an Australian visitor at a recent local
> Libertarian convention. Her stated reason for liking IRV was that she
> was able to rank a sure-to-lose fringe candidate above her favorite, in
> order to keep the favorite from tak
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Blake Cretney wrote:
>MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
> > Well, I've said that one thing that I don't like about IRV is that
> > its mathematical strategy is exceptionally difficult, requiring
> > estimate of many probabilities. Difficulty doesn't mean that people
> > won't try t
Blake Cretney wrote:
>
>MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
>
> > I reply:
> >
> > Well, I've said that one thing that I don't like about IRV is that
> > its mathematical strategy is exceptionally difficult, requiring
> > estimate of many probabilities. Difficulty doesn't mean that people
> > won't
MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
> I reply:
>
> Well, I've said that one thing that I don't like about IRV is that
> its mathematical strategy is exceptionally difficult, requiring
> estimate of many probabilities. Difficulty doesn't mean that people
> won't try to guess, of course. Insincere voting
Dear Mike,
you wrote (10 Feb 2002):
> By the way, I didn't say that I despise the journal authors on
> voting systems. They live in a world of their own, seemingly quite
> out of touch with the concerns and interest of voters. Why despise
> them for that? That's purely their business.
You also q
I sent this message to EM yesterday, but it couldn't be delivered,
and so I'm resending it now:
Blake said:
If some people are able to get more influence by a greater
understanding of the method, or better guesses about how other's are
voting, I say that is a bad thing, although to some exten
