[EM] About Condorcet//Approval

2008-10-23 Thread Chris Benham
Kevin, I think the version of  DMC  that allows voters to rank among unapproved candidates fails mono-raise, and both versions are vulnerable to Pushover strategy. Would you say that that the plain all ranked are approved version doesn't properly fail mono-raise but instead fails

[EM] About Condorcet//Approval

2008-10-21 Thread Chris Benham
Kristofer Munsterhjelm  wrote (Sat.Oct.18): Because Smith is more complex to explain, my current favorite election method is Condorcet//Approval. We don't need complex algorithms to find a winner. You could also have the approval version of Smith,IRV. Call it Condorcet,Approval. I think it's

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

2008-10-20 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Dave, --- En date de : Lun 20.10.08, Dave Ketchum [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Your suggested possibilities had best have STRONG arguments to overpower known facts: Yes, I'm aware of this. Kevin Venzke __ Do You Yahoo!? En finir avec le

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval

2008-10-20 Thread Diego Santos
2008/10/20 Kristofer Munsterhjelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] You could also have the approval version of Smith,IRV. Call it Condorcet,Approval. I think it's Smith (so it would be Smith,Approval), but I'm not sure. The method is this: Drop candidates, starting with the Approval loser and moving

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

2008-10-19 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Dave, --- En date de : Sam 18.10.08, Dave Ketchum [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Given a Condorcet cycle, how does anyone justify awarding a winner outside? Two possibilities: 1. to simplify the definition of the method 2. to satisfy other strategy criteria. Kevin Venzke

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

2008-10-19 Thread Dave Ketchum
Your suggested possibilities had best have STRONG arguments to overpower known facts: EVERY member of the cycle has been compared with each candidate outside, with the cycle members being voted better liked by the voters in EVERY such comparison. DWK On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:39:15 +

[EM] About Condorcet//Approval

2008-10-18 Thread Diego Santos
Many members of this list prefer a Condorcet method to any other voting method, especially if it meets Smith. But how vulnerable are ranked methods to strategic voting? Consider these two assumptions: 1. Sincere Condorcet cycles would are too rare if used in real elections. 2. Strategies are

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval

2008-10-18 Thread Raph Frank
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Diego Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because Smith is more complex to explain, my current favorite election method is Condorcet//Approval. We don't need complex algorithms to find a winner. What's the difference? The Copeland winner wins, and approval is used

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval

2008-10-18 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Diego, --- En date de : Sam 18.10.08, Diego Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Compromising is almost unnecessary in River, Schulze or Ranked Pairs, but these methods are vulnerable to burying. And still if a sincere Condorcet winner exists, these methods have a possibility to elect a

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

2008-10-18 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Raph, --- En date de : Sam 18.10.08, Raph Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Diego Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because Smith is more complex to explain, my current favorite election method is Condorcet//Approval. We don't need complex algorithms to

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

2008-10-18 Thread Dave Ketchum
Given a Condorcet cycle, how does anyone justify awarding a winner outside? True that deciding the winner among cycle members can be a challenge. BUT, we know that every candidate outside the cycle has been voted as a loser to each member of the cycle. DWK On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:46:11 +

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

2008-10-18 Thread Diego Santos
2008/10/18 Dave Ketchum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Given a Condorcet cycle, how does anyone justify awarding a winner outside? True that deciding the winner among cycle members can be a challenge. BUT, we know that every candidate outside the cycle has been voted as a loser to each member of the

Re: [EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

2008-10-18 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:20:07 -0300 Diego Santos wrote: 2008/10/18 Dave Ketchum [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Given a Condorcet cycle, how does anyone justify awarding a winner outside? True that deciding the winner among cycle members can be a challenge.