[Election-Methods] Elect the Compromise

[Juho]

On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:30 , Jobst Heitzig wrote:

> Dear Juho!
>
>> How about the weighted Borda that I described earlier? Square root
>> weights would give 0, 1 and 1.4 points instead of 0, 1 and 2.
>
> I'm totally sorry -- I just have forgotten that you proposed this. It
> will probably work, too, but I'm not sure whether those scores make it
> easier or more difficult...

Yes, same results, but with different style. At that point I didn't  
yet consider the equilibrium possibilities, just electing C already  
with the sincere votes, and therefore needing the square root  
modification (or something similar giving the compromise more points  
than just the average of min and max).

Juho

>> In line with what Forest wrote I'm not advocating these methods,
>> except as challenges on this list. The most obvious problem is
>> clones, e.g. one candidate from the Democrats and two from the
>> Republicans. From this point of view one could require that votes 55
>> A>>C>B 45 B>C>>A and 55 A>>C>B 45 C>B>>A will not elect C.
>
> Right. Neither am I advocating them. It was just an observation that
> Borda deals better in this particular situation. We should improve  
> upon
> that!
>
> Yours, Jobst


		
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