Dear Forest, you wrote (4 Feb 2002): > Markus wrote (4 Feb 2002): > > In so far as IRV meets majority for solid coalitions and independence > > from clones, IRV can hardly be called "erratic" compared to primary > > with runoff. > > Evidently the "erratic" that I have described is different from the > "erratic" that is measured in terms of solid coalitions and independence > from clones. The "erratic" that I described has more to do with the > complexity of strategy and the sensitivity or strategy to variations > in information.
Of course, then you have to explain why it is bad for an election method to be "erratic". Markus Schulze
