On Wed, 04 May 2005 04:50:30 +0000 MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
Curt--
You wrote:
You cannot derive, from a Condorcet ballot collection, how much percentage support each candidate got. You can't give each candidate a share of 100% in a way that all candidates would agree on. If you can, I'd love to know how.
I reply:
For that purpose, report on the percentages of 1st choice support. The difference between that and the Plurality results percentages is that the Condorcet 1st choice votes are going to be a lot more sincere and meaningful than those of Plurality.
Agreed that Mike says it well.
Condorcet produces an array that I suggest would be valuable to learn to mine for value.
Adding an extra row to that array for the first choices would be minimal new pain, and give you a better view of voter preferences than Plurality can know about.
Mike Ossipoff
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