Steve Eppley > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 1:07 AM > > But I accept Paul's point. There might be some decision, > somewhere, where Borda would be a good voting method.
No matter how you manipulate the points allocated to successive preferences, it will, I think, always be possible for the Borda winner to be a candidate other than the one candidate who secured an absolute majority of the first preferences. How then can Borda be "a good voting method"? James ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
