[EM] Re: Droop fails the Markus Schulze Rule

[DEMOREP1 at aol.com]

Mr. Schulze wrote --

I want to add that the number of wasted votes cannot
be reduced by using DEMOREP's proxy voting. The reason:
Voters are only interested in the real voting power
("Banzhaf Index") and not in the nominal voting power
of the candidates. Thus a vote that increases the
nominal voting power without increasing the real voting
power of a candidate is wasted.
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D- I suggest that not 1 voter in 10,000 (or perhaps 1 in a 1,000,000) knows 
anything whatever about the Banzhaf Index but that almost ALL voters know 
something about indirect majority rule (versus indirect minority rule).   

I have mentioned many times that a second, third, etc. choice legislative 
body vote may be very weak, especially on the communist - liberal - moderate 
- conservative - fascist (plus anarchist- libertarian) spectrum.

STV fans seem to think that forced transfers of surplus votes from an early 
choice to a later choice has some profound meaning (such that each legislator 
ends up with a voting power of 1 who, in turn, MAY tip the balance in a 
legislative body vote - keeping Mr. Banzhaf apparently happy).

A legislator will be part of the majority or the minority in any vote in a 
legislative body (whether such legislator has a voting power of 1 or 
1,000,000).

Some voters will take note at the next election if a legislator (or party) 
does not follow his/her (its) platform after being elected and change the 
voting powers.   

With proxy p.r. the same people might get elected but have a peaceful change 
between who has the majority voting power (as compared to the ultra-dangers 
from having power changes due to different gerrymander extremists being 
elected from single member districts - as in the U.S. House of 
Representatives, the U.K. House of Commons, the Canada House of Commons, 
etc.).