Hello, --- Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > At 10:49 PM 9/20/2005, Kevin Venzke wrote: > >Even if I am my favorite candidate (and wish to be elected), there > >is no guarantee > >that sending myself to the completion convention is my best move. My > >presence in > >this convention could alter the winner undesirably from my perspective. > > It is unclear why Mr. Venzke's presence would alter the result > unfavorably, unless he opens his mouth and nastiness comes out in > such a way as to alter people's perception of the otherwise-winner.
Let's say I'm candidate B and I receive 33 votes, so that at the convention these preferences are represented: 33 A>B>C 33 B>C>A 33 C>A>B In the absence of additional information, we have to suppose that the odds of each candidate winning are equal. But perhaps my supporters have a sentiment something like: B>C>>>>>>>>>>>A so that they'd rather not risk electing A. In that case, they are better off giving their 33 votes to the C>A>B candidate. > I find people making the weirdest objections to proxy systems.... Did I make an objection to proxy systems? I was only writing about FBC potential of proxy systems. Kevin Venzke Yahoo! Mail - Votre e-mail personnel et gratuit qui vous suit partout ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://mail.yahoo.fr ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
