Re: [EM] IFNOP Method (was Re: Question about Condorcet methods)

2006-10-19 Thread raphfrk
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Given: 35 AC 33 BC 32 C I see: IRV will discard C, letting A win. Condorcet will see 65 C winning over 35 A The point is that the later no harm property means that there is no incentive to truncate your ballot. If A's

Re: [EM] IFNOP Method (was Re: Question about Condorcet methods)

2006-10-19 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:43:37 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Given: 35 AC 33 BC 32 C I see: IRV will discard C, letting A win. Condorcet will see 65 C winning over 35 A The point is that the later no harm property means that

[EM] defense versus offense

2006-10-19 Thread Simmons, Forest
Let D1 be the candidate whose maximum pairwise opposition is minimum, in other words the MMPO winner. We could say that D1 is a good defensive candidate because she minimizes the number of votes scored against her by any other candidate. Similarly, let O1 be the candidate whose minimum