04/04/02 - Rob LeGrand's Three way Tie: Rob LeGrand, you wrote:
"Donald's imagined Approval strategy can backfire badly for the two largest factions. Consider 49:Reagan>Anderson>Carter 33:Carter>Anderson>Reagan 18:Anderson>Carter>Reagan According to Donald, neither the Reagan nor the Carter voters should approve Anderson." Donald: If this example above is an Approval election then it would be nice if at least one voter only approved one candidate. As it is, your election is a three way tie. Does this happen often in Approval, that is, Approval having no clue as to who should win? Regards, Donald Davison, host of New Democracy at http://www.mich.com/~donald +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ | Q U O T A T I O N | | "Democracy is a beautiful thing, | | except that part about letting just any old yokel vote." | | - Age 10 - | +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ APV Approval Voting ATV Alternative Vote aka IRV Instant Runoff Voting aka IRVing FPTP First Past The Post aka Plurality NOTA None of the Above aka RON Re-Open Nominations STV Single Transferable Vote aka Preference Voting aka Choice Voting aka Hare Clarke aka Hare Preferential Voting Please be advised that sending email to me allows me to quote from it and/or forward the entire email to others.
