There are a couple different (honest) voter models that have commonly been used. The two used in Warren's Bayesian Regret simulations and ranked Yee diagrams come to mind, of course.
Given access to enough data of fully-ranked, it seems to me that it should be possible, especially with a Yee model, to somehow determine how well that model fits real life. Is a 2-d euclidean plane a with voters ranking based on distance from the candidates a reasonable model? How would you analyze this? Best, Leon ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
