On 7/22/64 2:59 PM, matt welland wrote:
I disagree. To collect this information, all you have to do is introduce a choice "approved" and let voters rank relative to that choice.A ranked system cannot give the feedback that all the candidates are disliked (e.g. all candidates get less than 50% approval). It also cannot feedback that all the candidates are essentially equivalent (all have very high approval) ....Ironically by trying to capture nuances the ranked systems have lost an interesting and valuable part of the voter feedback.
You can also add a choice "disapproved" to identify the candidates that most voters really hate.
I have found that in practice using CIVS that it has been helpful to add choices like these. If nothing else it adds confidence that people are comfortable with the winning candidate.
If you want to avoid introducing an artificial ranking among equally hated candidates, just let them be ranked identically.
-- Andrew
<<attachment: andru.vcf>>
---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
