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

[Dave Ketchum]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:51:57 -0400 Eric Gorr wrote:

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> At 10:33 AM +0200 8/13/03, Markus Schulze wrote:
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>> Dear Eric,
>>
>> you wrote (12 Aug 2003):
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>>>  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.
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> 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.
> 
The other side of that coin is setting the cutoff too high, above a 
mediocre candidate, thus causing the mediocre candidate to lose to 
someone this voter considers to be a true reject.

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