[EM] Net Wins Tiebreaker, Supp. 10

DEMOREP1 at aol.com DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Wed Jun 16 00:16:39 PDT 1999


The 4 choice example from Supp. 8--

27 ABCD
26 BCDA
25 CDAB
23 DABC
101

should make it clear that there can be clone like effects in combinations 
(whether sincere or insincere).

Example-

N1     A > B  > C
N2     A > X1 > B  > C
N3     A > X2  > X3 > B >  C
etc.

or the reverse

N101    B > A > C
N102    B > X4  > A > C
N103    B > X5 > X6 > A  > C
etc.

N = a number of votes, X = intermediate choices

The AB or BA combinations may combine to compound the losses of another 
choice (C) (or the wins for a choice -- if C > A B or C > B A).

The clone effects would probably be more obvious in partisan elections (such 
as liberal voters ranking most liberal candidates ahead of most conservative 
candidates and vice versa).



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