Dear Kevin, > Hi, > > It seems to me there might be a use for something like the method that > was proposed awhile ago that had to do with offering voters incentives > to give sincere ratings. For example, the majority would give the > sincere score to their compromise in exchange for their vote having > greater effect in reducing the win odds of their least favorite candidate. > If they rate their compromise too high, the loss of win odds from > favorite to compromise outweighs the value of the corresponding lessened > odds of the worst candidate. And vice versa for rating the compromise > too low.
Hmm, I don't think I understand how this works, either. It would have to be a non-majoritarian method in order to solve the problem, of course. Yours, Jobst _______________________________________________________________________ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 3 Monate kostenlos testen. http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/startseite/?mc=022220 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info