[EM] Cheering for simplicity/Orphan

Joe Mason jnc at notcharles.ca
Fri Aug 22 08:16:09 PDT 2003


On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:41:39PM -0500, Adam Haas Tarr wrote:
> 2) Since it is a Condorcet-compliant method, it shares all the weaknesses that 
> all Condorcet methods have in the eyes of the IRV advocates (i.e. the weak 
> center winner).  I don't think an IRV supporter would see this as a compromise.

Since it requires multiple rounds, it also shares IRV's non-summability
problem, so there a lot of Condorcet supporters who wouldn't see it as a
compromise either.

Joe



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