I didn't answer part of the question. At 08:20 PM 3/6/2007, David Cary wrote:
>-What exactly is a sincere Range voter? >How does a sincere Range voter vote and based on what? >Ditto both questions for Approval voting? I answered for Range but not for Approval. Approval is a Range method voted .... Approval style! Sincere votes under Approval would be any vote that does not reverse preferences. If we consider the underlying preferences and ratings to be expressable in Range, then we can consider that the sincere voter sets -- or can be seen as setting -- an Approval cutoff rating, and all candidates rated above that level are approved and all below it are not. Essentially, the voter has divided the candidates into two sets, and the vote is sincere if every candidate in the approved set is preferred to every candidate in the disapproved set. There is no known good reason for voting insincerely under Approval. It is never forced. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
