Majority YES Requirement

DEMOREP1 at aol.com DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Mon Mar 27 17:17:48 PST 2000


Supplement-

1. Votes in simple Approval Voting have a de facto YES component.

It is because there is no number ranking of AV votes that it is defective (in 
not having head to head pairings if 2 or more AV choices get majority votes) 
(noting that a majority requirement is not part of simple AV).

2. Laws should NOT get passed by any plurality (high or low) that is less 
than a majority of the voters or the legislators having a majority of the 
voting power in a legislative body.

What chance will simple Condorcet have in being enacted in real politics land 
(among "average" devious candidates and voters) if it does not have a 
majority YES requirement for the election of major single winner elective 
officers (presidents, governors, mayors, etc.) ???



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