Warren, Your "strategic Condorcet" strategy is a terrible strategy in most situations. Why do you think burying your least favorite frontrunner would help you? Even more puzzling, why put your favorite frontrunner in front of your true favorite?
There are specific, very narrow situations where some strategies along these lines can be useful. But they are very much the exception and not the rule (at least in winning vote Condorcet). A simple sincere ordering is more strategically adept as a default strategy, for most good Condorcet voting methods. I know if I were voting in an MMV election or a Beatpath election, I'd much prefer voting that way to burying the second. I'd feel much more confident I was making my best vote that way. There's a mind-numbing quantity of Condorcet strategy discussions in the archives of this list. I've never heard anyone seriously suggest the strategy you list. On the other hand, your Range voting strategies seems pretty spot-on. So to me, the most accurate comparison I can make using your simulation is sincere Condorcet against strategic Range. Condorcet wins, by your simulation. -Adam ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
