[Election-Methods] Elect the Compromise

[Jobst Heitzig]

Dear Kevin,

> Hi,
> 
> It seems to me there might be a use for something like the method that
> was proposed awhile ago that had to do with offering voters incentives
> to give sincere ratings. For example, the majority would give the 
> sincere score to their compromise in exchange for their vote having
> greater effect in reducing the win odds of their least favorite candidate.
> If they rate their compromise too high, the loss of win odds from
> favorite to compromise outweighs the value of the corresponding lessened
> odds of the worst candidate. And vice versa for rating the compromise
> too low.

Hmm, I don't think I understand how this works, either. It would have to be a non-majoritarian method in order to solve the problem, of course.

Yours, Jobst
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