http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/how-our-primary-forecasts-work/
this is interesting and raises the issue of how things wd change when an alternative election rule is used. I think the uncertainty would go up. dlw On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:02 PM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send Election-Methods mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.electorama.com/listinfo.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Election-Methods digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Greatest-Mutual -Approval-Top (GMAT) (MIKE OSSIPOFF) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: MIKE OSSIPOFF <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:58:39 +0000 > Subject: [EM] Greatest-Mutual -Approval-Top (GMAT) > > Greatest-Mutual-Approval-Top (GMAT): > > (like MMT except that it requires only greatest mutual approval > instead of majority mutual approval) > > A mutual approval set is a set of candidates all of whom are rated > above bottom by each member of the same majority of the voters--where > that set includes, for each ballot, at least one of that ballot's > top-rated candidates. > > If there is a mutual approval set all of whose members are rated above > bottom by more voters than rate anyone else top, then the winner is the > most top-rated member of that set. > > Otherwise the winner is the most top-rated candidate. > > [end of GMAT definition] > > GMAT meets FBC, avoids the ABE problem, provides majority rule protection, > and meets Mono-Add-Plump. > > Methods that substitute something else for majority often seem to > add a little longer wording, or add a little wording complexity. > > Therefore, I consider MMT to be the best public proposal. But GMAT is > my 2nd choice for best public proposal. > > Mike Ossipoff > > > > _______________________________________________ > Election-Methods mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.electorama.com/listinfo.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com > >
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