Dear Warren! > voters A points B points > 60 60 40 > 40 0 100 > > then B wins although she is obviously defeated by A, the obvious 2nd > place winner. > > ---I'm sorry but YOU are wrong here. Your precise wording was > "always defeats the candidate which would win if the winner were not present" > Range voting obeys your precise wording, using the precise range votes with > the > winner deleted from those votes.
I don't understand. Doesn't B win in the example under RV? Or do you neglect that A defeats B in that example? If so, then I suggest to ask an arbitrary sample of people which candidate defeats which when 60 prefer A and 40 prefer B. Yours, Jobst ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
