Re: [Election-Methods] Non-optimal satisfaction measure with average rating

2008-05-05 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Stéphane, --- Stéphane Rouillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Counter-example: Lets assume ballots represent sincere ratings. 50%: A-100 B-70 C-0 30%: B-100 C- 90 A-0 20%: C-100 A-10 B-0 Average ratings: A-52 B-65 C-47 Outcome: B wins Satisfaction: 30% A method delivering A as a winner

Re: [Election-Methods] method design challenge + new method AMP

2008-05-05 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
I wanted to consider this afresh. At 01:58 PM 4/28/2008, Jobst Heitzig wrote: Hello folks, over the last months I have again and again tried to find a solution to a seemingly simple problem: The Goal - Find a group decision method which will elect C with near certainty in the

Re: [Election-Methods] Partisan Politics

2008-05-05 Thread Juho
On May 4, 2008, at 19:10 , Fred Gohlke wrote: Good Morning, Juho re: ... I'm more inclined to see the parties still as units that still get their strength and mandate to rule from the citizens themselves (and from their lack of interest to make the parties better and control them

Re: [Election-Methods] [english 94%] Re: method design challenge +new method AMP

2008-05-05 Thread Juho
On May 3, 2008, at 19:08 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One possible solution to the clone issue is to scale the number of candidates to first choice vote. One option for that would be to allow people cast a nominating vote as well as the ranking. The total number of nominee votes would