[EM] Salva Count

[Donald E Davison]

Greetings EM List,

Salva wrote:
>Im not sure to understand Salva Count. Could you give an example please.
>Thank you
>(If I understand it I may try to put it against the criteriums, as I soon
>will do with Salva Voting and I will post the results)
>
>Salva
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Dear Salva,

An example you shall have. Suppose the following election results.

    48 ABC              36 BAC                24 CB
    12 ACB              12 BCA                12 CBA

When we assign a vote to every choice we get the following:

    48A, 48B, 48C       36B, 36A, 36C         24C, 24B
    12A, 12C, 12B       12B, 12C, 12A         12C, 12B, 12A

Now, we change to the count of 4-3-2 (for this example)

    48A, 36B, 24C       36B, 27A, 18C         24C, 18B
    12A,  9C,  6B       12B,  9C,  6A         12C,  9B,  6A

With these numbers we do the Salva Count like we would do the Salva Voting.
Candidate A is the leading candidate, so therefore we transfer the next
available choices of the lower candidates B and C.

   +27A                +18B -27A                  -18B
                       + 9B - 9C             + 9C - 9B
  ---------------      ---------------       --------------
         36B, 24C            xx   18C              xx
    87A,  9C,  6B       75B, xx    6A         45C, xx    6A

Candidatae A is still the leading candidate, so therefore we again transfer
the next available choices of the lower candidates B and C.

                                 -18C        +18C
   +12A                          - 6A                  - 6A
  ---------------      --------------       ---------------
    99A                 75B                   63C

Candidate A is the winner. The point of reducing scale is the same as in
Borda Count. The scale reduces the influence of the lower choices.

Regards,
Donald






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