Hi Rob, --- En date de : Lun 25.7.11, Rob LeGrand <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Yes, but if it were strategy-free somehow, I think it > would be worth > > it. Real life isn't monotone. I don't imagine that all > the prettier Yee > > diagrams would really look like that if voters were > using information > > and strategy! > > I may be missing something, but I don't see how you can > have a > nonmonotonic method that is strategy-free.
Well, there aren't technically any (serious) strategy-free methods. I'm referring more to a method not having obvious strategic incentives, or at least not having a lot of a single type of strategic incentive, so that everybody knows that "in method X you should use Y strategy all the time" etc. > For any example of > nonmonotonicity, you should be able to find a single voter > that triggers > it--say, if that focal voter votes A>B>X>C, then X > wins, but if they vote > A>X>B>C, then X loses. Whoever wins when X > loses, manipulability pops up: Yes, I don't disagree with that. Kevin Venzke ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
