[EM] Re: A>B, B>A, A=B

[Dave Ketchum]

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:08:35 +0200 (CEST) Kevin Venzke wrote:

> Dave,
> 
>  --- Dave Ketchum <davek at clarityconnect.com> a écrit : > 
> 
>>>>>>>>If two voters rank 
>>>>>>>>A=B, the effect should be the same as if one ranked A>B and the other 
>>>>>>>>ranked B>A.
>>>>>>>>
>>>If you want this behavior then you have to use Margins.
>>>
>>Sez WHO?
>>
> 
> Sez anybody.  You get this behavior by using Margins or half-votes (which are
> the same thing).  You can't by using WV.
> 
> Here's an example.
> 
> Election 1
> 1 A>B
> 1 A>B
> 1 B>A
> 
> Election 2
> 1 A>B
> 1 A=B
> 1 A=B
> 
> With Margins, A beats B in both elections with strength 1.  With half-votes, it is
> strength 2.
> 
> With WV, in election 1 A beats B with strength 2, while in election 2, A beats B with
> strength 1.
> 
> So Margins treated A>B and B>A the same as two A=B, while WV did not.


Ok, so sez Kevin - but we knew that already.  Who else?


> 
> Kevin Venzke
> stepjak at yahoo.fr

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