Re: [EM] Utilitarianism and Perfectionism.

2012-02-13 Thread David L Wetzell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Juho Laatu juho4...@yahoo.co.uk dlw: But I'd argue that to make our two-party system work better, we need to provide a constructive role for 3rd parties in it. This wd be accomplished by the use of 3-seat LR Hare in state reps elections. If the

Re: [EM] My Bucklin multiwinner method turned more sequential

2012-02-13 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
On 02/10/2012 11:18 PM, Ted Stern wrote: Hi Kristofer, I am very interested in PR multiwinner methods, especially those that use ER-Bucklin. However, I have a hard time following your logic. Would it be possible to work out a relatively simple example using a 3 winner election, a Droop-like

Re: [EM] Utilitarianism and Perfectionism.

2012-02-13 Thread Juho Laatu
On 13.2.2012, at 16.28, David L Wetzell wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Juho Laatu juho4...@yahoo.co.uk dlw: But I'd argue that to make our two-party system work better, we need to provide a constructive role for 3rd parties in it. This wd be accomplished by the use

[EM] i don't get why mixed member rules use FPTP???

2012-02-13 Thread David L Wetzell
It seems like the awesomeness of using PR for part of the seats somehow makes up for the lousiness of FPTP for the rest of the seats. But why not use IRV+ for the rest? I mean it's not unlike FPTP in how it tends to favor bigger parties. According to George