[Election-Methods] rcv ala tournament

[Dave Ketchum]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:53:56 -0800 CLAY SHENTRUP wrote:
>>Seems like Rob Brown gave us a start on moving ahead.
> 
> 
> the best way to move ahead is to dump ordinal voting methods for
> cardinal ones.  approval voting is vastly simpler than all ranked
> methods.
> 
Agreed that Approval is simple - but it is also too incapable of 
indicating normal thoughts such as:  A and B are better than X AND A is 
preferred over B.

Clay would call Approval non-ranked - yet Approval is describable as 
having 2 ranks.

> i don't know why we're still talking about ranked methods in this day and age.
 >
Because neither ranked nor rated is accepted as being perfect.

What we can and should do is become more willing to discard the chaff 
around the edges.
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