[EM] ruminations on ordinal and cardinal information

[Forest Simmons]

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Jobst Heitzig wrote:

> Dear Russ!
>
> I completely agree with what you wrote!
>
> Just like you, I think that
>> an "ideal" election
>>  method must integrate both ordinal and cardinal information, and the
>>  cardinal information should be simple approval (yes/no for each
>> candidate).
>
> I would even go so far to claim that the ideal election should also give
> special relevance to a third kind of information: "direct" support.
>
> For example by using Random Ballot to choose from a small set of most
> acceptable candidates such as Forest's P.
>
> Or, a new idea, if you find randomization inacceptable, by electing the
> member of P with the most direct support!
>

How about using IRV to pick from P ?

This would be a compromise between Approval, Condorcet, and IRV that makes 
use of the three kinds of information ... cardinal, ordinal, and direct 
support.

Forest