Dear Chris,
Some replies follow, on the topic of enhanced Condorcet versions...
(in reference to strong/weak preference option (S/WPO))
>I think this was proposed a long time ago by Steve
>Eppley.
That sounds right. Do you happen to have a link to his defining post?
>In principle I like it, because it isn't an
>*explicit* strategy device. It just asks the voters
>for more specific preference information, without
>inviting the voters to strategize or expecting them to
>know or care what a "majority rule cycle" is.
Yes, I agree with your sentiments here.
>So I don't think your comment does it justice.
Okay, fair enough; I agree with you.
>Approval Margins is highly resistant to Burying, and
>in my view is not qualitatively worse in this respect
>than Approval-Weighted Pairwise.
Could you please support these two assertions?
my best,
James
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