Dear James! I'm very confused about CWO. If I understand it correctly, it will not at all help avoiding strategic voting but will rather introduce a new and very drastic way to strategically alter the outcome! Assume there's a cycle, like x A>B>C y B>C>A z C>A>B with x,y,z < n/2, and assume that A wins. Then B would most certainly withdraw in order to alter the outcome to C, since, like her supporters, B will probably prefer C to A!
So, that makes CWO absolutely unacceptable for me! Only the winner may withdraw in my opinion. Yours, Jobst ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
