On Jan 20, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
At 12:52 AM 1/18/2010, robert bristow-johnson wrote:
yes, it's debatable and, since there are 3 different methods all
lifting up different declared winners, it's subjective.
Well, it's subjective without preference strength information.
the debate *might* go into the direct if whatever "preference
strength information" is subjective or not.
With that information, an objective assessment is possible.
Condorcet analysis is also objective from IRV ballot data, provided
there is no widespread strategic voting, i.e., preference reversal.
While in some situations, there is room for debate over whether or
not the Condorcet winner is ideal, that doesn't apply to
Burlington. We know that Montrose would win in a direct contest
with each of the other candidates,
just to be clear. i corrected this before. the Democrat-nominated
candidate for mayor in Burlington VT in 2009, who also turned out to
be the Condorcet winner in an IRV election, is named "Andy
Montroll". last name "Montroll". with two L's no S nor E.
if it were me, i would eventually be annoyed if someone consistently
mispronounced or mispelled my name, even after the correct name has
been offered earlier.
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