[EM] Approval strategy for Condorcet?

Russ Paielli 6049awj02 at sneakemail.com
Mon Feb 28 15:54:23 PST 2005


MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp-at-hotmail.com |EMlist| wrote:
> 
> Russ said:
> 
> After thinking more about this proposition, I think the Approval formula
> (see http://ElectionMethods.org/Approval-formula.htm) applies to
> Condorcet voting also. The Approval formula simply says to approve any
> candidate that is above the expected value of the entire election. The
> same reasoning applies to Condorcet voting. The difference is that, in
> Condorcet, the voter ranks the approved candidates, and the unapproved
> candidates are not ranked at all.
> 
> I comment:
> 
> That shows what happens when someone uses formulas about whose meaning 
> he hasn't a clue.

This from a guy who didn't realize that basing an Approval vote on the 
previous election implies voting by party.

Is your little world falling apart, Mike? You poor thing. Why don't you 
seek professional help? I'm sure the government has some free program 
for losers like you.



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