[EM] Combating the Approval Burr dilemma

2006-11-16 Thread raphfrk
As a quick recap, the Burr dilemma is where there is an incentive for voters from the same faction/party not to approve all members of that party. E.g. if first choice preferences are A1: 25% A2: 30% B: 45% A1 and A2 agree to ask their supporter to approve each other. The

Re: [EM] Combating the Approval Burr dilemma

2006-11-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:46 AM 11/16/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A1 then wins as A1's supporters defected on the agreement even though A2 was the least supported candidate and a minority of the A party liked the candidate. This incentive could result in B winning if both A2 and A1's supporters did it, which

Re: [EM] Combating the Approval Burr dilemma

2006-11-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 06:13 PM 11/16/2006, Stephane Rouillon wrote: I definitively disagree with Abd, the Burr dilemna or any measure of the number of starategy a voter has to consider should be the main criteria to evaluate electoral systems. The issue was about an agreement between candidates. I was not claiming