> From: Kevin Venzke > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EM] remember Toby Nixon? FS > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Forest, > > --- En date de?: Mer 25.5.11, [email protected] > a ?crit?: > > The main problem is determining (through the disinformation > > noise) who the front runners really are. > > Suppose the zero-information front runners to be candidates > > A and B, but that the media created front > > runners are C and D.? If everybody votes for one of > > these two falsely advertised front runners, then they > > become the front runners, but only through self fulfilling > > prophecy. > > The difference between Approval and Plurality here is that in > Pluralitywhen the frontrunners are A and B, generally only A and > B can win. Under > Approval it is not guaranteed that the winner will be one of these > candidates, as long as C or D haven't dropped out of the race. > If the perceived frontrunners are actually the worst candidates, any > better candidates should receive a vast number of votes. > > If C or D are clones of A/B then I think they probably would > drop out > of the race. But if we are simply electing the wrong clone, that > doesn'tseem like an enormous problem. >
Yes, Approval is much better than Plurality and quickly homes in on the CW if there is one. But this homing in typically takes a couple iterations, which doesn't help when the candidates change every four years. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
