On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Don & Cathy Hoffard <[email protected]> wrote: > The primary may be non-monotonic as well as the general election but > together they are monotonic.
You presumably meant that the other way around. Plurality is monotonic for both elections, but the 2 taken together result in strategy and a non-monotonic effect? Monotonic = voting for (or raising the preference of) a candidate cannot result in that candidate losing Ofc, voting for a candidate in stage 1 cannot result in him ending up losing. What happens is that by voting for a candidate, you can cause your 2nd choice to lose. Looking only at the votes, the process is monotonic. OTOH, shifting your vote in stage one from one candidate to another is non-monotonic. By taking your vote away from one candidate and giving it another, you can cause the the first candidate to win. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
