On 29 Aug 2005 at 12:59 UTC-0700, Kevin Venzke wrote: >> Here is another question - will DMC lead to 2-party domination, or >> not? To really answer this, it would help to understand optimal >> voting strategy in DMC, which is probably beyond reach. > > The argument that some ranked methods lead to 2-party domination is > based on the possibility that voters will use "favorite betrayal" to > ensure that they don't sink their most viable frontrunner. > > So it seems to me that, using this reasoning, any method which fails > Mike Ossipoff's "favorite betrayal" criterion will lead to 2-party > domination. > > DMC doesn't satisfy the "favorite betrayal" criterion. >
I disagree. I think that favorite betrayal occurs in the primaries, before the general election slate is even drawn up. TTFN, -- araucaria dot araucana at gmail dot com http://www.metafilter.com/user/23101 http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/User:Araucaria Q = Qoph = "monkey/knot" -- see http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/alphabet.html ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
