[EM] Re: paradigms...

[Stephane Rouillon]

I agree with Rob.

All the different unusual pairwise preferences sets (disjoint, cyclic or containing
equal
preferences or any combinations) are a contribution to the election. It only
uses other votes to precise its linear ccomplete ranking equivalent.
Is that a good choice for a voter? Personnally, I do not like to copy on the
majority,
but if some want to follow the mainstream as sheeps.... It's a free election, no?

Steph

Rob Brown a écrit :

> I will give you that your example demonstrates that if your choices alone were
> to decide the outcome, a system that only ranks the candidates can be somewhat
> insufficient.
>
> However, let's assume that the ranking system in question allows you to,
> rather than flipping a coin, simply rank A and B equally.  In other words,
> declare them a tie.
>
> Now, since your ballot is *not* the only one that decides the outcome, the
> other voters will make your decision between A and B for you, exactly as you
> wished.
>
> It does what you want, only in a far more straightforward way.  Instead of
> allowing you to vote for a choice based on the votes of others, it simply
> allows you to defer to others things that you would rather not decide yourself.
>
> It is almost like you are insisting that you be able to explicitly vote for
> whoever wins, rather than just not vote.  What is the point?
>
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