Jobst, 2008/10/16 Jobst Heitzig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dear Diego, > > But randomness of FAWRB can cause institutional conflicts, especially if >> the minority faction leader was the winner. >> > > My focus has always been to decide issues, not to elect people. The risk of minority will remains. How does FAWRB perform in binary issues? > > > > My suggestion if your > >> scenario exists is: >> >> 1. Perform simultaneously an approval election and a PR election for an >> electoral college >> 2. If the approval winner has approval higher than a threshold (e.g. 2/3), >> s(he) is elected. >> 3. Otherwise the electoral college performs a multi-round approval >> election until some candidate has a score higher than the threshold. >> > > OK, we need a game-theoretic analysis of this. My guess is that because of > the multi-round provision there is the danger of not getting a decision in > any predetermined fixed time. If a consensus exists between the factions, then this danger would be too rare. There`s no gain for any faction to leave the issue undecided. Also, there are probably a number of strategic equilibria and it so the > impact of my vote will be difficult to foresee. > > And, what is most important: It does not solve the problem at all, it only > shifts the threshold for overruling the minority from 1/2 to 2/3. That's > still not nearly democratic. You may suggest a much higher threshold, but > then I guess no decision will be made at all... Not always we can find an unanimity... -- ________________________________ Diego Renato dos Santos
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