[EM] Issues, Condorcet, and IRV (was: IRV vs. plurality)

[Eric Gorr]

At 10:33 AM +0200 8/13/03, Markus Schulze wrote:
>Dear Eric,
>
>you wrote (12 Aug 2003):
>>  Furthermore, it is possible that for every election method an
>>  individual voter can make the result worse from their point of view.
>>  For Approval, it would be not selecting the cutoff at the right spot.
>
>When Approval Voting is being used, then it is not possible that a
>voter makes the result worse from his point of view.

If a voter sets the cutoff in the wrong spot and approves and option 
they really did not want to see win, but then causes that option to 
win, they have made the result worse from their point of view.


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