[EM] election-methods Digest, Vol 34, Issue 22

[Juho]

Some voters may think that the candidates know the political  
questions better and are better up to date than the voter himself/ 
herself. Some think the other way around. Both OK. The voter may be  
confident in his/her opinions and finds deviations from them  
uncomfortable. Another voter learns from what the candidates say and  
changes his/her opinions accordingly.

Some voters may trust trust the candidates, some not. Both OK. The  
new method may be so good that it makes the candidates/ 
representatives less corrupt than before. But there is also the risk  
that candidates will use their negotiating power (e.g. in Asset  
voting) to gain personal benefits. Some may consider it better not to  
open doors for the temptations, since these things may well become  
common practice one day, starting from one edge of the candidate  
community and spreading wider later ("since everybody else seems to  
do the negotiations that way too").

Different countries an societies may have different tendency and  
incentives to get corrupt. And different voters (and voting method  
promoters) are different as discussed above.

Juho



		
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