Re: Is winning votes intuitive?

2002-04-02 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
I'd asked: >Ok, winning in violation of majority rule, by truncation, in the way that >can happen in margins methods--how will that happen in wv methods >by flipping a coin? Rob replied: Say a voter's sincere vote is A>B>C and he could gain some advantage under margins by insincerely votin

Re: Is Winning Votes intuitive?

2002-02-25 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
In reply to: >You're going to have to explain to me the scenario where some people try to >strategically truncate in SSD, only to be burned for it. > Blake said: Isn't that the point of your example? The Bush voters, not understanding SSD, strategically truncate and are thwarted as a result