[EM] Consensus?: IRV vs. Primary w/Runoff

Markus Schulze markus.schulze at alumni.tu-berlin.de
Tue Feb 5 02:36:02 PST 2002


Dear Forest,

you wrote (4 Feb 2002):
> Markus wrote (4 Feb 2002):
> > In so far as IRV meets majority for solid coalitions and independence
> > from clones, IRV can hardly be called "erratic" compared to primary
> > with runoff.
>
> Evidently the "erratic" that I have described is different from the
> "erratic" that is measured in terms of solid coalitions and independence
> from clones. The "erratic" that I described has more to do with the
> complexity of strategy and the sensitivity or strategy to variations
> in information.

Of course, then you have to explain why it is bad for an election method
to be "erratic".

Markus Schulze



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