[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote- Oops, guess I had the wrong quota method in mind. I think there was another Demorep proposal that was named by you, and defined as Approval with 50% quota. Or maybe that was yet another variation. Too tired to go checking the archives right now.
If it isn't named yet, it would be logical to name it AMA by dropping the "C": Approval quota -> Most Approval. ---- D- Condorcet's observations in the 1770's- 1780's about head to head math was one of the very few new ideas in election math. I have mentioned several times that there are at least 3 main tables for votes ----- 1. Absolute votes (on a plus 100 percent to minus 100 percent scale OR other simpler scale such as YES/NO). 2. Head to Head (Condorcet) [Relative] 3. Place votes (1st, 2nd, etc.) [Relative] (technically a type 1 table shows a degree of relative votes). Simple Approval is defective since head to head math is not done (with or without a quota). In real elections it is highly unlikely that most voters will be voting 2 or more choices *exactly equal* for top positions (more likely for bottom positions for unknown or perceived really evil choices). How many popular Democrats (or Republicans) are deemed *exactly equal* by many voters ??? A whole lot of the theoretical stuff on this list has NO connection with reality for average John/Mary Q. Voters (who will be using any new election method --- and whose brains are NOT filled with all sorts of devious strategy and sincere/ insincere machinations or high tech math). What*advanced* election method could be used by the poor suffering folks in Afghanistan (or in other nations having major political problems) ???
