[EM] Cardinal Rating Condorcet Loser Elimination

[Rob Speer]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 05:43:25PM -0400, Eric Gorr wrote:
> >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.

Didn't we hear this same debate, oh, a week ago? And the week before
that? It seems like every thread on this list eventually turns into
"Weak centrist!" "Condorcet winner!" "Weak centrist!" "Condorcet winner!"

Unless someone's providing some new information (like, say, the results
of an experiment to _find out_ whether people prefer a weak centrist or
a Condorcet non-winner), there is no value to repeating the argument.

-- 
Rob Speer