Dear Eric, I wrote (11 Aug 2003): > Here is a concrete example where Tideman's ranked pairs method > violates the Participation criterion in a very drastic manner.
You wrote (12 Aug 2003): > But, why should it surprise anyone that discovered votes could > change the winner? It seems to me that in every election system > this would be true. But when you don't see any problems with that example showing that Tideman's ranked pairs method violates the Participation criterion in a very drastic manner, then why do you see problems with that example showing that my beat path method violates the Participation criterion in a very drastic manner?: > Of course, but this example clearly shows the flaw in the > Beatpath Winner method. However, in a better RP method, the flaw > disappears. > > (...) > > It is an odd case under Beatpath because clearly finding those > three extra votes obviously should not cause D to win, which > they do. Markus Schulze ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
