[EM] 3 or more choices - Condorcet

2012-11-08 Thread Chris Benham
Robert Bristow-Johnson wrote (1 Oct 2012): my spin is similar.  Ranked Pairs simply says that some elections (or runoffs) speak more loudly than others.  those with higher margins are more definitive in expressing the will of the electorate than elections with small margins.  of course, a

Re: [EM] 3 or more choices - Condorcet

2012-11-08 Thread Ted Stern
Hi Chris, You discuss Winning Votes vs. Margins below. What do you think about using the Cardinal-Weighted Pairwise array in conjunction with the traditional Condorcet array? In other words, either WV or Margins is used to decide whether there is a defeat, but the CWP array is used to determine

Re: [EM] 3 or more choices - Condorcet

2012-11-08 Thread robert bristow-johnson
On 11/8/12 11:55 AM, Chris Benham wrote: Robert Bristow-Johnson wrote (1 Oct 2012): my spin is similar. Ranked Pairs simply says that some elections (or runoffs) speak more loudly than others. those with higher margins are more definitive in expressing the will of the electorate than

Re: [EM] 3 or more choices - Condorcet

2012-11-08 Thread robert bristow-johnson
this is the 2nd resend. it's been hours since i first posted this and it hasn't shown up on the list. On 11/8/12 11:55 AM, Chris Benham wrote: Robert Bristow-Johnson wrote (1 Oct 2012): my spin is similar. Ranked Pairs simply says that some elections (or runoffs) speak more loudly than

[EM] testing 1,2,3.... hellooooo?

2012-11-08 Thread robert bristow-johnson
none of my messages seem to be getting posted to the EM list, today. -- r b-j r...@audioimagination.com Imagination is more important than knowledge. Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info