Jameson Quinn wrote: > The ranked majority criterion is: if one candidate is top-ranked by a > majority of voters, that candidate must win. > > To me, the natural extension of that to rated systems is: if only one > candidate is top-rated by any majority of voters, that candidate must win. >
That must be the definition Forest is using. Thanks. Any "strategic median" which assigns the MaxGrade if at least 50% of the electorate rated the candidate at MaxGrade will indeed pass this criterion. > You are suggesting that we use the ranked majority criterion for rated > systems. If we do so, you are right that broad classes of rated systems > (including range, median, and chiastic) can never pass. > > But if we use my definition of the criterion, then median systems pass, > trivially. > You are probably aware the median systems pass a stronger criterion: If for some grade X, only one candidate is rated at X or above by any majority of voters, then that candidate must win. In other words, it doesn't just have to be "top-rated", it can be any grade. - Andy
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