[EM] 12/18/02 - Re: Best method in use?

[Donald E Davison]

12/18/02 - Re: Best method in use?

Hi Mike,

Donald here, the best methods in use around the world today are as follows:

Single-Seat elections:
     First Best - Alternative Vote aka Irving aka IRV:
    Second Best - Top Two Runoff (only valid for three candidates):

Multi-Seat elections:
     First Best - Open Party List with Hare Quota and no enforced threshold:
    Second Best - Preference Voting/STV (they all use the Droop Qouta):

District Multi-Seat elections:
     First Best - Top Up Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP or MMPR):
    Second Best - There is no second Best.
    MMP is head and shoulders above any other district method in use today.
No other district method comes close to matching the party proportionality
results of MMP:


Regards, Donald


  ------------- Original Letter ------------
From: "Michael Stephan" <mstephan at attbi.com>
To: <election-methods-list at eskimo.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:18:29 -0600
Subject: [EM] Best method in use?

Hello everyone.  I've been lurking here for the last couple of months,
getting familiar with the various methods being discussed.   It seems that
even the parameters that define a good election method are in dispute, but I
was wondering, what are the better methods in use around the world today (at
the national level)?

Thanks,  Mike







Regards,
   Donald Davison, host of New Democracy at http://www.mich.com/~donald
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