Dave Ketchum wrote: > I can go one step - keep ">" to say what precedes is preferred over what > follows, and add "=" to say two candidates tie in voter's mind. Yes, most Condorcet methods allow just that sort of tied preferences in a ranked ballot. Even methods such as IRV and Borda can be trivially extended to allow them, although proponents of those two methods might prefer not to. > "inconsistent" sounds like "unacceptable". Puzzling, since what I have > read of Condorcet sounds acceptable - and the response I got above seems > only to repeat the word "inconsistent" without explaining why I should care. I don't think a method's being inconsistent makes it unacceptable. Please see Blake's excellent example at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/election-methods-list/message/7989 . Also see "Miss Lonelyhearts" in Martin Gardner's wonderful book aha! Gotcha for a similar example and an interesting explanation. ===== Rob LeGrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aggies.org/honky98/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
