Mr. Cretney wrote in part- I am amazed by all the competing interpretations of sincere votes. Mike believes that a voter implies acceptance of any candidates she ranks. I, for one, believe no such acceptance is implied. Some people believe that they "approve" only of a fixed number of candidates, and that a sincere approval vote is for exactly these candidates. So for them, a particular approval ballot corresponds to a particular judgment about the candidates, a particular mental state. Personally, I do not normally make this kind of judgment about the candidates in an election. ---- D- Desired (none,1 or more) > Compromise (none,1 or more) > Unacceptable (none,1 or more)
Some of the earlier choices *may* be *sincere*. Thus, my long time mention of YES/NO votes on choices (along with number rankings and head to head math for the YES majority choices, if any).
