On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Raph Frank <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Again what is your view on condorcet methods and approval? Obviously most other voting methods, approval, range, condorcet, etc. are worlds superior to IRV/STV because they are precinct-summable, monotonic, and treat all ballots equally. Almost any method that has been proposed is far far superior, more equitable, and fairer than IRV/STV. > I am not sure chance to win is the right term here. If ranking a > candidate first has a 70% of helping and 30% chance of hurting, then > it also increases the candidate's chance to win. False statement. My vote will either have a 100% chance of helping my first choice candidate or a 100% chance of hurting my first choice candidate, depending on how all other voters vote, which I cannot tell without being God, which most voters are not. So I have no way when voting of knowing for certain how to vote to help my favorite candidate win. Should I rank my favorite first, last or not at all to help him? No way to know. Kathy ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
