[EM] 30 A, 30 A=B, 40 C>B>A example

[Kevin Venzke]

Forest,

 --- Forest Simmons <simmonfo at up.edu> a écrit : 
> The example in the subject line is a good example with a "Futile Approval 
> Candidate" C in the mix.

> A Futile Approval Candidate is one that would never win under approval 
> even if the approval cutoff were placed immediately under his name on ever 
> ballot possible, i.e. on every ballot except those on which he is ranked 
> or rated dead last.

This sounds like the Plurality criterion: A candidate can't win if he has
fewer non-last rankings than some other candidate has first preferences.

> I believe that Futile Approval Candidates should be eliminated from the 
> ballots as soon as they are detected, so as not to confuse the issue 
> further.

I thought of doing this in order to keep MMPO//FPP from failing Plurality.
But this breaks the defection solution, since then B and C have incentive
not to rank each other.

Kevin Venzke



	

	
		
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