[EM] Re: Participation criterion: a thought

[Dgamble997 at aol.com]

Eric Gorr wrote:

"What are these essential standards you speak of?

In my mind there is only a single essential standard:


Can the method reliably find the group preference?


For any method that is not clone-proof, the answer is no.

For any method that is not monotonic...I would guess the answer is no.

For any method that does not pass Participation...the answer is can be yes.

As such, while Participation may be nice to have, it does not appear 
to be necessary."


Eric do you really mean that? Group preference is a term open to very wide 
interpretation.

If your sole criteria is "does the method find the group preference?" Why do 
you prefer Condorcet to Borda counts?"

51 A>B>C
35 B>C>A
14 C>B>A

A is the Condorcet winner, B some people would argue ( though not me ), is 
the most generally preferred candidate ( A=202, B=235, C=163 ).

David Gamble

    

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