Yes, you can think of it as upside down MCA, which is a three slot version of Bucklin.
----- Original Message ----- From: robert bristow-johnson > > On Jun 29, 2011, at 3:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > This is a three slot method. The two non-blank choices are > > "tolerable" and > > "better." > > > > Elect the alternative that is marked tolerable or better on > the > > greatest number > > of ballots. > > > > If there is a tie, then elect the tied alternative that is > marked > > better on the > > greatest number of ballots. > > > > this seems to me to be a sorta backward-working Bucklin. if you > > replace blank with 3rd-choice, "tolerable" with 2nd-choice, and > "better" with 1st-choice, it's a basic ranked ballot like for > IRV or > Condorcet or Borda or Bucklin. it's a lot like Bucklin except > Bucklin > looks first at only the 1st-choice rankings (and a tie is far > less > likely than a non-majority, which is what Bucklin uses to > trigger > looking at the second-round count of 1st and 2nd rankings). > > it's not Bucklin, but it reminds me of Bucklin. > > -- > > r b-j [email protected] > > "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
