[Election-Methods] RE : Re: Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Dec 14, 2007, at 6:57 AM, Dave Ketchum wrote:

> BECAUSE we are debating different elections.  Lets think on what we  
> make of Diego's scenario:
>     I saw it as intelligent voting, but did not go back to create  
> utility numbers consistent with those decisions.
>     You came up with proposed utility numbers and ask what different  
> voting might be consistent with those numbers.
>
> So I will try at utility for what I saw in Diego:
>     voters' utility for {A or C} is {100, 10, -200}
>     voters' utility for {B} is {100, 50, 50}
>
> Thus:
>     If A or C are solid winners, utility score for A or C winning is  
> positive.
>     If A and C are near ties better, as with Diego, for B to win.

I agree that there are possible utility distributions that favor a  
vote for B.

I don't agree that {100, 10, -200} is a reasonable interpretation of A  
 >> B > C, which, if it means anything, means that the utility gap  
between A & B is larger than that between B & C.

Aside from that, I think we're more or less on the same page here.