2012/6/21 Richard Fobes <[email protected]> > I agree that the name "score ballot" or "score voting" is relatively > self-evident. > > In contrast, "rated ballot" and "rated voting" are ambiguous (similar to > "preferential ballot" being ambiguous). >
They're meant to be ambiguous. That is to say, they're general categories, not specific systems. Jameson > > And I agree that "cardinal" and "ordinal" are not clear. Plus many people > are going to associate those words with birds, not numbers. > > On 6/21/2012 9:59 AM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > >> ... >> >> "Rated ballots" or "Rated voting" is an okay term, i guess, and i don't >> think that "Range voting" was very meaningful to me when i first read >> the term from Warren's site. but "Score voting" immediately had meaning. >> i knew right away what it meant, and when i use the term to talk with >> non-technical people interested about voting issues (usually after the >> nasty IRV battle we had here), i always say "Score voting" and compare >> it to judging at an athletic performance, like Olympic gymnastics. then >> people know exactly what i mean. to a person, no one liked the idea of >> rating candidates as their official expression of their vote. >> >> > > ---- > Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info >
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