Demorep1's SW method 2/22/97

Steve Eppley seppley at alumni.caltech.edu
Wed Mar 5 19:54:14 PST 1997


DEMOREP1 at aol.com wrote:
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> Due to the probable growing weakness of second, third, etc.
> choices, I again suggest that if there is a circular tie, then the
> candidate with the lowest number of first choice votes should lose
> (with the head to head pairings looked at again for the remaining
> candidates).

This would maintain the "lesser evil" dilemma which maintains the 
two-choice system and prevents viable candidates from competing.
It's not worth the small alleged improvement.

---Steve     (Steve Eppley    seppley at alumni.caltech.edu)



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