[EM] Cardinal Rating Condorcet Loser Elimination

[Eric Gorr]

At 5:19 PM -0400 8/29/03, Dgamble997 at aol.com wrote:
>Eric Gorr wrote in part:
>
>>>45 A>B>C
>>>6 B>A>C
>>>5 B>C>A
>>>44 C>B>A
>
>(snip)
>
>>The entire population would rather have B then the apparently primary
>>opposition.
>>So, B should win.
>
>>>Actually neither myself nor those who disagree with me can be
>>>certain as to whether B is really a low utility turkey ( the least
>>>worst) or a popular compromise ( the most best).
>
>>Finding the most preferred option is the goal.
>>Whether that option is the least worst or the most best does not matter.
>
>I have to disagree strongly with that last sentence. Utility is 
>important. A low utility 'least bad' centrist turkey is not the same 
>as a genuinely preferred compromise.

Considering both groups would prefer to have B over their primary 
opposition, why should such a desire be ignored?

I do not believe it should be ignored. So, B is a genuinely preferred 
compromise. If it were not, both the A & C voters would have ranked 
it last.