[EM] Student government - what voting system to recommend?

[Abd ul-Rahman Lomax]

At 08:32 PM 4/24/2007, Tim Hull wrote:
>I know the Condorcet winner is preferred to every other candidate - 
>however, I'm in particular assuming ballots like this:
>
>48% - 10 D 2 PW 0 R
>47% - 10 R 2 PW 0 D
>5% - 10 PW 5 D 0 R
>
>(the numbers being the sincere range rating for the candidate)
>Under Condorcet, PW would win despite the fact that he or she is 
>barely liked by anyone.
>Under range and IRV, D would win.  I know that Condorcet and IRV 
>don't use ratings, but you need to take into account
>the fact that #2 is not always a strong #2 or is some eccentric joke 
>candidate.

I'm just noting that to understand what is really going on with an 
election, you need Range or Range-like information about preference 
strength. Range is simply the only method on the table that directly 
considers preference strength!