I'm obviously missing something really, really basic here. Can someone
explain to me what it is?
> Take it from the FPTP count and recount it
> into the N*N array by Condorcet rules ...
I still have no idea what this means. Here's an example:
Plurality result:
Able: 45
Baker: 40
Charlie: 15
Here's a (very naive) NxN matrix (fixed-width font required):
Able Baker Charlie
------- ------- -------
Able -- 45 45
Baker 40 -- 40
Charlie 15 15 --
But it's not a Condorcet count because we have, for example, no idea how
many of the Able voters prefer Baker to Charlie and how many prefer
Charlie to Baker. As a result, the pairs of cells above and below the
diagonal don't add up to 100. I still don't see how we can "recount it
into the NxN matrix by Condorcet rules".
Someone please show me the NxN matrix that Dave Ketchum would use to
combine these votes with the other votes that had been cast on ranked
ballots.
Thanks,
Bob
Dave Ketchum wrote:
If a Condorcet voter bullet votes, that is voting for one candidate.
An FPTP voter's only capability is to vote for one candidate.
We have exactly the same information from these two votes. Take it
from the FPTP count and recount it into the N*N array by Condorcet
rules and you have exactly the same result from these two voters.
Not all Condorcet voters bullet vote, but this gives FPTP voters a
chance to participate until their states move up to Condorcet.
I thought, momentarily, about combining in other methods such as
Range, and do not see anything practical for such.
DWK
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:36:46 -0700 Bob Richard wrote:
Please provide a simple example of a Condorcet matrix synthesized out
of an FPTP ranking. Apparently I'm not understanding this at all --
maybe there *is* a way to look at this that doesn't involve
truncation. But I'm very sceptical of any proposal that involves
aggregating different voting methods in various subjurisdictions into
a single result.
Thanks in advance.
--Bob
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Bob Richard
Marin Ranked Voting
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Kentfield, CA 94914-0235
415-256-9393
http://www.marinrankedvoting.org
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