Dear Warren, you wrote: > --WDS: > ok, let us review. > The two drawn ballots are both "favourite A, also approved C" and btoh A and > C are > approved. I do not understand why C wins with certainty here. > Refer to the defn of the method at top. If not the favourite "more approved" > than mere approval? And even if both are considered equally approved > by the two ballots, then why is C winning with certainty?
Perhaps there is another misunderstanding. By "most approved" I mean "largest approval score". Hence, if C is approved (=favourite or also approved) by all voters, but A is only approved by 55% and B only be 45%, C is the "most approved compromise" (MAC) of any two drawn ballots. Another small clarification which is however only important in small electorates: By "draw 2 ballots" I mean "twice draw a ballot at random, with replacement", because this usually simplifies the analysis a bit. Yours, Jobst ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
