... My best understanding is that Range would offer a continuum between full Approval and sincere utilities based Range. Sincere Range assumes non-competitive...
... I guess I was hoping for something fairly decisive. If the idea is "Condorcet burial is strategically wise if not that many other voters do it", then you...
... well, no. warren, at least, assumes a mixture of competative and non-competitive voters. or more strictly speaking, some significant degree of sincere...
Learned more about Sparta. It's actually amazing. It seems Venice & Sparta were arguably the 2 longest lasting governments with a substantial democratic ...
I covered the mixture of competitive an non-competitive voters in another paragraph ("Intermediate Approval orientation"). I believe Range will differ from...
Warren Smith responded to one of my posts on another site, and, after an exchange of private messages, invited me to post on this site even though my interest...
... But just saying that it isn't the best voting method because it's based on a principle that isn't true misses the point, unless you can show from it that...
... I'm not saying it would be a good choice to go back to Plurality Voting, I'm just saying that introducing Range Voting without explaining how to maximize...
... What if I define fairness subjectively? Isn't that how we all define fairness when we say "That's not fair!" Sure, it's objectively fair to give everyone...
When referring to previous posts, it can be helpful to let readers know: Who was the author. When did they say they wrote. I have seen the post you responded...
... I agree with everything you wrote but wouldn't Condorcet provide better results here than the others? (with the assumption that in large public political...
One comment of "fairness", not directly to the topic in question. I have learned to use term "fairness" e.g. as in "it was not fair that that little boy got a...
... ********************* This gets to the heart of the problem, a conflict between majority rule and minority rights. Suppose a majority, perhaps a very...
GOP donors funding Nader Bush supporters give independent's bid a financial lift Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer 9 July 2004 Independent...
I should have said, this article was on page A1. It was pointed out to me by Rick Carback. I've reposted it here and there was trouble accessing it in its...
i think it's important to remember that a sincere vote can be a _reasonably_ strong vote, which is good for a voter who doesn't want to take the time to...
... the problem is, humans are largely selfish. so we cannot rely on people to suddenly start rewarding virtue and selflessness. we instead have to implement...
... but this already happens with our current system! nader voters who are sincere get the shaft, and the naderites who "betray" nader to strategically vote...
... if you cannot even articulate what "fair" means, then i say you have no right to make an intellectual appeal that a voting system must obey this nebulous...
this gets to the heart of why i'm a libertarian. like milton friedman says, in a collectivist system, we vote on which color of tie to wear. in a free system,...
... That is fine for things like ties, where letting every person make his own decision is practical. When we all have to share the same water supply (or the...
Good Morning, brokenladder In the short term, I agree with your conclusion. A longer term view will benefit from additional thought, some of which should be...
The goal of electoral reform must always be a government that represents the will of the people and serves the public interest. However, since ideologies (or...
Ok, one more reason to cast a sincere vote instead of a strategic one could be laziness. Maybe they should not be called competitive though since they don't...
... Thanks for the tip :) ... long ... [...] ... analysis ... The invalidity of the axiom doesn't have to do with the cycles really. It's an argument against...
... Well, if it were obvious, then I wouldn't have a problem. But it actually was not obvious, at least to me - precisely because that is the whole reason we...
Andrew Myers: Suppose that in a Condorcet system, we allow people to submit a ballot that has an arbitrary preference relation, so any two alternative A and B...
