Hello everyone, I am new to this list. I am interested for possible ways to visualize the votes tallying and the results for Beatpath method.
Previously I have done some campaigning for the use of STV and found out that once I could draw the graphical version of the vote counting, people would get the feeling that they understand what's going on. Before this, when explaining the system, people were scratching their heads. For Beatpath this might be a harder thing to do, but I'm sure there must be some ways to present the vote counting in a visual and dynamic way that is sensible for the functioning of the system. My personal experience is that people would go to the extreme to avoid thinking. As most of you propably have experienced people just bluntly saying "oh, that is too complicated" when you try to explain a voting system. A good visualization can give a person a sense that he/she somehow grasps what's going on, although more comprehensive understangin may remain unaccomlished. For the matter of political reform in any instance outside computer scientist and mathematicians, I think a good visualization will be essential. I did a search on this list on visualization, but found not much useful. Has anyone of you privately been thinking of ways to visualize Beatpath or other Condorcet methods? All the best, Jiri Rasanen http://www.LeaderOfTheFreeWorld.com ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
