Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2008-05-07 Thread Chris Benham
Kathy Dopp wrote: Kathy Dopp kathy.dopp at gmail.com Sat May 3 21:29:19 PDT 2008 ..However, even despite some voters using strategy because they realize that IRV fundamentally does not work the way it is intended to, you will undoubtedly find ample number of cases of candidates winning

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2008-05-03 Thread Stéphane Rouillon
Again satisfaction analysis can be used to objectively determine which of IRV and FTP produces the best outcome. Using enough election data, one could even measure how often IRV may elect the candidate not favored by most voters. My humble estimation is rarely (1/50 times). In comparison I

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2008-05-03 Thread Kathy Dopp
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Stéphane Rouillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again satisfaction analysis can be used to objectively determine which of IRV and FTP This statement does not make logical sense because measuring feelings like satisfaction is not an objective measure. For example

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2008-05-03 Thread Stéphane Rouillon
Of course, I supposed that the information provided from ballots was sincere And I supposed that the outcome that would have been obtained if all voters had voted like a particular voter would give 100% satisfaction to this particular voter. Stéphane Kathy Dopp a écrit : On Sat, May 3,

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2008-05-03 Thread Kathy Dopp
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Stéphane Rouillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, I supposed that the information provided from ballots was sincere And just what State do you live in where you will have opportunity to review the ballots that have been secured and reconciled to prevent

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2008-05-03 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:29 AM 5/4/2008, Kathy Dopp wrote: However, even despite some voters using strategy because they realize that IRV fundamentally does not work the way it is intended to, you will undoubtedly find ample number of cases of candidates winning elections who were not preferred by most voters.

[Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2007-12-28 Thread Chris Benham
Kathy Dopp wrote: Wed Dec 26 15:41:47 PST 2007 One problem is that my second choice candidate may be eliminated in the first round and my first choice candidate not have success either - despite the fact that my second choice candidate is the most popular among all voters. For instance, this

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2007-12-26 Thread Kathy Dopp
On Dec 25, 2007 9:58 PM, Stéphane Rouillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes some voters have second-choice considered but they are all still treated equally. Hardly. Some voters have both their first AND second choices considered and some voters do not. IRV not only treats voters' ballots very

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2007-12-26 Thread James Gilmour
Kathy Dopp Sent: 26 December 2007 17:53 On Dec 25, 2007 9:58 PM, Stéphane Rouillon Yes some voters have second-choice considered but they are all still treated equally. Hardly. Some voters have both their first AND second choices considered and some voters do not. IRV not only

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2007-12-26 Thread Kathy Dopp
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:33:27 +0100 (CET) From: Kevin Venzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Election-Methods] RE : Re: IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTPballot Yes some voters have second-choice considered but they are all still treated equally. So, you define equal as

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2007-12-26 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Kathy, --- Kathy Dopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:33:27 +0100 (CET) From: Kevin Venzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Election-Methods] RE : Re: IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTPballot Yes some voters have second-choice considered but they

Re: [Election-Methods] IRV ballot is at least as fair as FPTP ballot

2007-12-25 Thread Stéphane Rouillon
Yes some voters have second-choice considered but they are all still treated equally. I agree when you say IRV voters whose first-choice loses in the first round have their second choices considered. I do not understand why you conclude that then obviously IRV does not consider the ballots