Re: [EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-09 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 05:57 AM 4/8/2010, Raph Frank wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Dave Ketchum da...@clarityconnect.com wrote: Write-ins permitted (if few write-ins expected, counters may lump all such as if a single candidate - if assumption correct the count verifies

[EM] MMPO revisited

2010-04-09 Thread fsimmons
MMPO minimizes the maximum pairwise opposition, so in some sense tries to minimize the total disappointment that results from the MMPO winner being elected instead of some other candidate. If strict rankings are not required (so that favorite and compromise can be ranked equal first), then

Re: [EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-09 Thread Juho
On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Kevin Venzke wrote: Hi Juho, --- En date de : Jeu 8.4.10, Juho juho4...@yahoo.co.uk a écrit : I more or less despise the election of A in this scenario: 49 A 24 B 27 CB I believe the possibility of this outcome is a disincentive for a candidate like C to run.

Re: [EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-09 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Juho, --- En date de : Ven 9.4.10, Juho juho4...@yahoo.co.uk a écrit : I more or less despise the election of A in this scenario: 49 A 24 B 27 CB I believe the possibility of this outcome is a disincentive for a candidate like C to run. The story behind these votes

Re: [EM] MMPO revisited

2010-04-09 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
fsimm...@pcc.edu wrote: MMPO minimizes the maximum pairwise opposition, so in some sense tries to minimize the total disappointment that results from the MMPO winner being elected instead of some other candidate. (...) In general no matter who wins, there will be disappointed voters. Why not

Re: [EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-09 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Apr 9, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Juho wrote: On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Kevin Venzke wrote: Hi Juho, --- En date de : Jeu 8.4.10, Juho juho4...@yahoo.co.uk a écrit : I more or less despise the election of A in this scenario: 49 A 24 B 27 CB I believe the possibility of this outcome is a

Re: [EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-09 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 03:55 AM 4/9/2010, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: I'll note here that Bucklin is not cloneproof, and in some cases it can reward cloning. See http://www.mail-archive.com/election-methods-electorama@electorama.com/msg02705.html . Thus it might pay for voters of some opinion to add lots