Dear Bart, you wrote (28 Sep 2003): > I think when mentioning criteria, it's a good idea to also state why > those criteria might be important. For example, to me criteria such as > FBC and Participation are important because they relate to a voting > system's immunity to the Duverger effect. > > Approval meets both of these criteria, while the Condorcet methods > appear to meet them whenever a CW is present. Borda and IRV fail these > criteria under a wider variety of conditions, therefore both would tend > to reinforce the two-party system, and to restrict the number of viable > choices available to voters in non-partisan elections.
Borda satisfies participation. Markus Schulze ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
