Raph Frank wrote:
On 8/22/08, Juho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In Finland where the number of candidates is relatively high some less
obvious candidates may have some trouble getting in to the lists but on the
other hand some well known figures (that have become popular (and respected)
in other areas than politics) tend to get offers from multiple parties to
join their lists (even as an independent candidate on their list, without
becoming formally a party member).
Would they be expected to vote with the party if they do end up getting elected?
Is the theory that they will pull in more than 1 seat's worth of
votes, so it is worth
having them on the list no matter what they do?
Under PR-STV, the whole vote management thing means that parties cannot
just let their candidates run completely independent campaigns and also that
the number of candidates run must be controlled based on tactical
considerations.
Fortunately, that isn't a limitation to party-neutral multiwinner
methods in general - not any more than single-winner strategic
nomination due to a method failing independence of clones is a
limitation of single-winner methods in general.
If I understand Schulze's STV method correctly, it calculates vote
management strengths and so does vote management on behalf of the voter
and on all candidates. I may be wrong, though, and Schulze STV uses a
very large amount of memory for elections with many candidates and
winners. Still, it shows the possibility of having a method that resists
vote management.
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