[EM] Majority winner set
Bart Ingles
bartman at netgate.net
Sun Dec 3 01:02:06 PST 2000
JanetRAnderson wrote:
>
> I'm still grasping for a counting method which is easily explained to the
> public. Let me try this out with you. Using IRV, eliminate all but the two
> top candidates, in order from least to most. A look at the real life
> current returns in Florida shows, better than most mathematical formulas,
> how critical the order of transfer becomes in a close election. Would this
> be an improvement over the current definition of IRV?
> Janet
Is this any different from IRV as currently defined?
I think the general consensus, even among those on this list who don't
agree on much else, is that the root of most of IRV's problems is the
fact that it uses transfers at all.
Bart
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