[EM] 04/04/02 - Rob LeGrand's Three way Tie:

[Donald Davison]

04/04/02 - Rob LeGrand's Three way Tie:

Rob LeGrand, you wrote:

"Donald's imagined Approval strategy can backfire badly for the two largest
factions.  Consider

49:Reagan>Anderson>Carter
33:Carter>Anderson>Reagan
18:Anderson>Carter>Reagan

According to Donald, neither the Reagan nor the Carter voters should approve
Anderson."

Donald: If this example above is an Approval election then it would be nice
if at least one voter only approved one candidate.  As it is, your election
is a three way tie.
  Does this happen often in Approval, that is, Approval having no clue as
to who should win?




Regards,
   Donald Davison, host of New Democracy at http://www.mich.com/~donald

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    APV   Approval Voting
    ATV   Alternative Vote  aka  IRV Instant Runoff Voting  aka  IRVing
    FPTP  First Past The Post  aka  Plurality
    NOTA  None of the Above  aka  RON Re-Open Nominations
    STV   Single Transferable Vote  aka  Preference Voting  aka  Choice Voting
          aka  Hare Clarke  aka  Hare Preferential Voting

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