[EM] Re: first wave Condorcet methods for public elections

James Green-Armytage jarmyta at antioch-college.edu
Mon Mar 14 01:56:20 PST 2005


James G-A replying to Mike O.

>You left out SSD, which, in public elections, where there won't be 
>pair-ties, will give the same outcome as BeatpathWinner or CSSD--but
>whose 
>definition is much more naturally and obviously motivated and justified.

	Assuming no pairwise ties, how does SD differ from SSD? Can you give an
example where they differ?

>...but I claim that PC is more meaningfully and practically  compared to 
>Plurality & IRV than to the Smith-efficient Condorcet versions.

	What?

>SD would be a fine initial public proposal. Sure, with CWO if CWO does
>well 
>in polls and discussions and conversations.
>
	Glad we agree about SD. It will be interesting to see if CWO can pass the
public acceptance test. Do you think that CWO is the most acceptable of
the anti-strategy measures? If not, which one is, in your opinion?

my best,
James




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