Borda strategy

DEMOREP1 at aol.com DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Sat Feb 24 17:19:13 PST 2001


Mr. Moore wrote in part-

By strategy matrix, I mean the matrix that would be multiplied by
the voter utilities to get what you call the strategic values. Asking
what the matrix looks like is not the same as asking what the
strategy should be. Even though you don't need a strategy (other
than sincere ranking) for Condorcet, that matrix exists (for
practical purposes, I believe it's the identity matrix). So it was a
bit of a rhetorical question where Condorcet is concerned.
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D- Some of a minority in Condorcet (or any other method) may want to be 
insincere (i.e. use strategy).

Sincere rankings in pre-election poll-

26 AB
25 BA
49 C

100

Some of the C voters can (insincerely) make A or B a Condorcet winner.

Near the bare majority border all sorts of things may happen -- witness the 
2000 Florida President election chaos.



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