That could be one big poster where the candidates are listed on the
right hand side and the left hand side is used for representing the tree
structure (and the names of the parties and the subgroups).
That could work, at least in cases where there's only one district and
the party limits the
On Jun 27, 2008, at 13:54 , Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
That could be one big poster where the candidates are listed on
the right hand side and the left hand side is used for
representing the tree structure (and the names of the parties and
the subgroups).
That could work, at least in
Howard wrote:
Question to Kristofer
do you see the issues that you start off with as orthogonal?
i.e. do you see this only working in a world where the issues polled are
independent.
The simulation I wrote assumes this, since it picks the proportion in
favor on each issue independently. The
Steve Eppley wrote:
Hi,
I prefer a definition of representativeness that differs from
Kristofer's. To me, the more similar the *decisions* of a legislature
are to the decisions the people themselves would make collectively in a
well-functioning direct democracy, the more representative is
I'm inclined to think the model where all voter groups get
representatives that closely reflect their views as the default
model. The model where the society is represented e.g. by a group of
centrists works in many cases but it has also some problem cases that
make it an alternative in my
Terry Bouricius wrote:
That brings me to an interesting issue, which may be off-topic for this
list...sortition...the selection of a legislative body by means of
modern sampling methods that assure a fully representative body. There is
an interesting history of the tension between sortition on
On Jun 25, 2008, at 21:05 , Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
Juho wrote:
On Jun 24, 2008, at 0:34 , Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
What do you mean by methods that allow candidates to form a
tree like structure? Something like delegable proxy, or just
preference ballots with parties instead of
Howard Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:18 AM
I feel that the need to look for and design a system around geographic
proportionality is a waist of time (except as a sales pitch).
I believe that geographic proportionality would naturally come out of a
truly proportional system (if it was
-Methods] Determining representativeness of
multiwinner methods
Hi,
I prefer a definition of representativeness that differs from
Kristofer's. To me, the more similar the *decisions* of a legislature
are to the decisions the people themselves would make collectively in a
well-functioning direct
At 11:18 PM 6/23/2008, Howard wrote:
I feel that the need to look for and design a system around
geographic proportionality is a waist of time (except as a sales pitch).
I believe that geographic proportionality would naturally come out
of a truly proportional system (if it was important to the
One reason why districts have been kept is that if there were no
districts then voters would have some tendency to vote for the
capital area candidates that have typically better access to TV etc.
There are typically also more popular figures in general at the
capital region. The risk is
On Jun 24, 2008, at 0:34 , Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
What do you mean by methods that allow candidates to form a
tree like structure? Something like delegable proxy, or just
preference ballots with parties instead of candidates? Or
nontraditional nested democracy (groups elect members to an
On Jun 24, 2008, at 15:44 , Terry Bouricius wrote:
That brings me to an interesting issue, which may be off-topic for
this
list...sortition...the selection of a legislative body by means of
modern sampling methods that assure a fully representative body.
There is
an interesting history of
One more observation. Nowadays many methods actually try to meet two
kind of proportionality requirements, political/ideological
proportionality (typically based on the party structure) and regional
proportionality (typically implemented by mandating all to vote at
their own home district for the
Question to Kristofer
do you see the issues that you start off with as orthogonal?
i.e. do you see this only working in a world where the issues polled are
independent.
also, how it would be decided what issues are polled? even in a
simulation this is important.
Ultimately there are a
Hi,
I prefer a definition of representativeness that differs from
Kristofer's. To me, the more similar the *decisions* of a legislature
are to the decisions the people themselves would make collectively in a
well-functioning direct democracy, the more representative is the
legislature.
On Jun 21, 2008, at 1:09 , Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
Hello all,
(says the newcomer.)
Welcome.
First, set that there are n binary issues. Each of the voters then
have an issue profile which consists of n booleans.
How do see the role of parties here? Do you use e.g. a binary
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