[EM] FBC comparison: WV, margins, MMPO, DMC

[Adam Tarr]

On 9/10/05, Jobst Heitzig <heitzig-j at web.de> wrote:

We could discuss whether insincere equal ranking for top is more dishonest 
> or whether approving one more candidate is more dishonest...


Ah, ok, I should have read the second before responding to the first. You're 
a step ahead of me. ;)

As I said, the two approaches are very hard to compare. In some sense, 
insincere equal rankings is a dishonest RELATIVE opinion, while insincere 
approval is a dishonest ABSOLUTE opinion. If you vote on a rated ballot 
which has an implicit approval cutoff, then the two are more directly 
comparable. Then again, some voters will place more psychological stock in 
absolute position on a rated ballot than others will.

I think we both agree that they are less extreme than reversing rankings of 
two candidates. This is trivially obvious when comparing to dishonest 
equal-ranking.

In the end this is an interesting psychological question, but a hard one to 
come up with any solid conclusions about.
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