[EM] Re: IRV vs Plurality

[Alex Small]

Adam Tarr said:
> While MCA as it is typically presented does fail this criteria
> (universality?), there's no reason you couldn't implement MCA with 4, or
> 5,  or 1000 slots.  The candidate with the largest a first place
> majority  wins.  If no candidate has a majority of first place votes,
> then the  candidate with the largest majority of first and second place
> votes  wins.  Repeat until you find a majority, or reach the last rank
> (at which  point you elect the candidate on the most ballots).  This
> sort of makes MCA  into a cross between Bucklin and approval - Bucklin
> with equal rankings  allowed.

Maybe we should just call MCA "Generalized Bucklin."



Alex