[EM] Re: majority rule vs. maximum approval (was: least additional votes)

[James Green-Armytage]

James G-A replying to Forest

>I should have made it more clear that I wasn't talking exclusively about 
>100% consensus, though that is the (usually impossible) democratic ideal.
>But the greater the consensus, the better.
>If no significant consensus is possible, then (as Jobst argued) the best 
>we can do is give the strongest contenders a chance at winning.
>I think of approval and Condorcet as probes for measuring the amount of 
>consensus.  Each measures in a different way.

	What exactly is your definition of consensus, in this context?

>Respecting one and ignoring the other is a way of losing valuable 
>information.
>The question is how to best integrate the information from the two probes.
>I think Cardinal Pairwise is a great step in the right direction.
>
	Thank you! I'm glad to hear that. More comments on cardinal pairwise are
most welcome...

my best,
James