[EM] Does MAM use the Copeland method?

[Paul Kislanko]

Does "graded ballots" mean applying something that smells like "Borda" or
does it give more weight to some voters than others? 

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> ] On Behalf Of Adam Tarr
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:30 PM
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> Subject: RE: [EM] Does MAM use the Copeland method?
> 
> Paul Kislanko wrote:
> 
> >I merely observe from the original ballots that 5 of 9 
> voters prefer C 
> >over A. So those are the ones who will be unhappy if A is elected.
> >
> >That majority will initiate a referndum that changes the 
> voting method 
> >because it selected the "wrong" candidate from the VOTERS 
> perspective.
> 
> The fact that a majority can prefer a defeated candidate to 
> the winner is an unavoidable consequence of Condorcet's 
> paradox.  It also happened when using plurality in 2000, as 
> you may recall.
> 
> >You academics can say A is right, but if that is so, this just 
> >demonstrates that Plurality does as well as anything.
> 
> The fact that no election method is perfect does not imply 
> that none are better than others.  It's simply a question of 
> what you consider important.
> 
> -Adam
> 
> P.S. Steve, maybe it's just me but I can't link to your 
> webpage at the moment.  I was hoping to re-read your Immunity 
> from Majority Complaints criterion.
> 
> And for the record, Steve's MAM is probably my favorite 
> method, although any winning-votes Condorcet method based on 
> sequential dropping or beat paths or ranked pairs would be 
> just as good in the vast majority of large public elections.  
> The far more significant distinction (within that class of 
> methods) is what ballot you use.  I'm personally partial to 
> ABCDF graded ballots, with "E" being the default grade for 
> unranked candidates.
> 
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