[EM] Approval Voting vs Instant Runoff Voting:

[Bart Ingles]

Catchybacca wrote:
> 
> Rolling would be Approval - an arbitrary system which is only effective
> (like every other election method) given perfect information. Its only

Are you saying that all methods are only effective given perfect
information?

I guess it depends what you mean by "effective".  In random voter
simulations, it seems to do pretty well in terms of social utility. 
Certainly better than Irving.


> advantage, that it involves no real insincerity, is a false one, because
> it can only make that claim because Approval has no intuitive "sincere"
> vote. Approval sucks. It does nothing to empower ordinary voters to ensure
> their vote counts.

No intuitive sincere vote?  Vote for everyone you like; don't vote for
anyone you don't like.  The only time polling data really means anything
is when you're on the fence about a particular candidate, in which case
it's useful but not really necessary.

As far as I can tell, Approval's intuitive strategy matches its
mathematical strategy better than any other method I've seen.

Bart Vader


> 
> Yours sincerely, Darth Maul.
> 
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Forest Simmons wrote:
> 
> > Dear Ultra,
> >
> > I hope you never go over to the dark side.
> >
> > Forest
> >
> > On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Ultra Runner wrote:
> >
> > > Donald Davison wrote:
> > >
> > > > Approval Voting does subsidize the lower candidates while Irving
> > > > insists on treating all the candidates and all the parties and all the
> > > > voters with equality. The word `all' includes everyone, not just the lowest
> > > > candidates and their supporters.
> > >
> > >
> > > I guess Irving is a lot like Rolling.  Rolling also insists on giving everyone an equal chance ... Rolling the Dice, that is.
> > >
> > > Ultra
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