Kevin Venzke wrote: > As far as rank methods, you could also use ER-Bucklin(whole) or > one version of Borda. Suppose the ballot is A=B>C=D=E>F>G. > > The FBC-friendly Borda variant counts 6 points to both A and B, 4 > points to each of CDE, 1 point to F, and zero to G.
Isn't that equivalent to Mike's Summed Ranks? If there are k candidates, then it gives each candidate k - 1 points minus the number of points SR gives that candidate. My objection to SR is that it rewards ranking your less-favored frontrunner last, even if insincere, so frontrunners would be generally disadvantaged and dark horses would tend to be elected. Coombs and antiplurality have a similar effect. It's the opposite effect of that for which plurality and IRV are infamous, and it's worse because it leads to extreme instability. -- Rob LeGrand, psephologist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Citizens for Approval Voting http://www.approvalvoting.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
