jan wrote to rob brown: >Your railing against RV is like lobbying against the unsecured >vestibule idea. Why are you so keen on FORBIDDING people from casting >weak votes / making some of their property available for others to >take?
well, the more important question is why he ignores that this is a _benefit_ of range voting, since it is effectively the most robust to strategic voting. of course we can use more complex methods that are a little better, but impractical for political elections. the bottom line is that rob's criticism of range voting actually is a bigger criticism of his "very own" declared strategy voting (which is just condorcet), as well as irv/borda/etc. in that sense, it's actually an _endorsement_ of range voting, although he perplexingly fails to realize that. -- If you think there would be a whole world of difference between what Hillary Clinton would accomplish in the Rome-of-the-Borgias down there on the Potomac, by comparison with what Rudy, or Fred, or Mitt would accomplish, you won't be supporting Paul. If, however, you think that much of the underbrush that has grown up around our national institutions this past 40 years needs to by pulled up by the roots and burned, before it chokes the life out of our Republic, then Paul's your man. - John Derbyshire ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
