2012-04-14T12:31:48Z, “Robert Bristow-Johnson”
<[email protected]>:
> all this is complicated crap that gunks up elections. it has an
> ice-cube's chance in hell.
I disagree. Perhaps I am unclear:
1:
Lincoln
2:
Washington
3:
Evil-Indicator Candidate
4:
Stalin
5:
Hitler
Let us suppose that so much bad blood exists between Washington and
Lincoln that their supporters refuse to rank the other candidate and that
Hitler and Stalin have supporters. Unless one ranks the hundreds of also-rans
so that one can make certain that Hitler and Stalin are ranked last, they will
be equally ranked with the olso-rans and their supporters might make them win.
The Evil-Indicator Candidate gets a rank less than all unranked
candidates. Any candidate beneath the Evil-Indicator Candidate automatically
gets a rank less than all unranked candidates. This is easier than ranking
hundreds of also-rans and will hopefully keep Hitler and Stalin from winning.
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