[EM] Naive question about Range Voting -- why 0-99 and not 0-100?

[Monkey Puzzle]

On 20 Nov 2006 11:45:05 -0800, Dan Bishop wrote:
>
> Monkey Puzzle wrote:
>> On 20 Nov 2006 10:47:24 -0800, Michael Poole wrote:
>> 
>>>Monkey Puzzle writes:
>>>
>>>>Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>>Is there any reason to not allow range voting with scores between 0
>>>>and 100?  If the intent is to allow a full range of voter expression,
>>>>why not go the extra point?  I thought the whole idea was to avoid
>>>>imposing a structural restriction on the voters.
>>>
>>>Is there any reason *to* allow voting with a score of 100?
>> 
>> Yes.  It is easily divisible.
>
> Then why not have a maximum score of 60 or 120?

Either would be fine, if we were Babylonian astronomers, I suppose.

As it happens, the use of 0 to 100% is ingrained in popular usage.
Making 99 a synonym for full approval seems a bit counter-intuitive to
me.

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