On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, Matthew Shugart wrote:
> I quite like the idea of having voters select one candidate as first
> choice, then mark "approvals" for as many others as they wish. I
> especially like it for primaries.
Hmm, it does have a ballot simplicity. But Condorcet's is far superior
in eliminating strategy.
> How would the winner be determined,
> though? And how would it work in delegate allocation in presidential
> primaries?
Got me. A Condorcet-like calculation could be used (favorite is ranked
#1, approved are tied for #2, the rest unranked), but my feeling is that
as long as we are going to use something Condorcet-like, we might as well
use genuine articles.
Rob Lanphier
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http://www.eskimo.com/~robla
