[EM] James: Your majority-rule classifying & naming

[MIKE OSSIPOFF]

You said that Approval and CR were "pseudo-majority methods", because the 
information needed for their strategy is only available from outside the 
voting system.

Wrong. Each Approval election, by its reported vote totals, gives 
information for subsequent Approval strategy.

If Nader outpolls the Republican, then Nader-preferrers will know that they 
needn't vote for the Democrat in subsequent elections.

Approval quickly homes in on the voter median, and then stays there.

Condorcet goes directly to the voter median in its 1st election. Approval & 
CR do so in thei r 2nd election. That's the price of simplicity and easy 
proposability.

Myerson & Weber point out that Approval (and CR) guarantee that if there's a 
candidate at the voter median position, s/he will be the only candidate who 
can win at Myerson-Weber equilibrium.

  Because critreria and standards are individual, subjective, and 
relativist, your criteria and standards, and your preference among methods 
aren't wrong. But your statement about where Approval's strategy information 
must come from is incorrect. And your proposed classification name foir 
Approval and CR is silly.

Mike Ossipoff

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