[Election-Methods] Corrected "strategy in Condorcet" section

[Juho]

On Aug 2, 2007, at 2:52 , Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:

> Range is not as good as full deliberative process, but it is much  
> closer.

I'm not convinced that pushing Range voting when the society in  
question is still in "competitive mode" automatically leads to  
improvements in the society. I think use of Range as a poll (rather  
than directly as a voting method) could be more efficient in making  
the varying and rich opinion of people visible and thereby feeding  
the deliberative process. I mean that if Range is used fully or  
partly in Approval style, the information it carries through is  
leaner and maybe coloured with strategic considerations. Poll type  
Range of the other hand can be used for argumentation in the  
deliberative discussions.

Rating based ballots that are used to derive ranking based ballots is  
one option that may have additional value in a society that aims at  
developing the deliberative process in new ways. Also the second  
round where decision between Range and Condorcet winner is made may  
add some value. In a competitive environment the majority may just  
vote just as in the first round and typically not change the end  
result. But the additional round of thinking and deliberation may be  
useful anyway. Btw it may be as good or better to use Range+Condorcet  
also at the second round. Picking two alternatives for the second  
round may be limiting. And use of the same method shows the results  
of the deliberative process. If you want to have a decisive vote at  
the end, the theoretically cleanest approach might be to vote  
potentially after every round if the outcome of that round should be  
considered final (Range or Condorcet winner or even someone else as  
derived from the votes or as proposed by the chairman) or if the  
deliberative process should still continue (for one or more rounds in  
election technical terms).

Juho



		
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