Okay, so far I've seen at least three proposals for Approval strategy: 1. Approve every candidate you prefer to the current first-placer; approve the current first-placer if you prefer him to the current second-placer.
2. Approve every candidate you like at least as well as your favorite of the current first-placer and current second-placer. 3. Approve every candidate you prefer to a 50-50 lottery between the current first-placer and current second-placer. I agree with Mike that the second one isn't too good. I think it would be likely to give a strong advantage to current frontrunners, just like plurality does, but I haven't simulated that strategy yet. The third might work. I know using the first will always lead to and lock on a sincere Condorcet winner when there is one. Let's hear some more ideas! My ground rules: The voter rates each of the candidates with a real number between 0 and 100 and has a full ranking of the candidates from the latest poll. How should he determine his Approval vote? -- Rob LeGrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.onr.com/user/honky98/rbvote/calc.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/
