[EM] Some Approval strategies
Forest W Simmons
fsimmons at pcc.edu
Sat Jul 21 17:53:14 PDT 2007
Mike,
Thanks for reminding us of the basic approval strategies that are easy
to apply.
Still there are those who would rather have a strategy free method
without having to rank all of the candidates, while still being able to
give their favorite candidate special support above mere approval.
It seems to me that DYN (delegable Yes/No) is the simplest way to
accomplish these requirements:
The voters vote Yes or No where no doubt exists, and delegate the
approval/disapproval of borderline or doubtful candidates to their
favorites.
Then the favorites (as proxies) can use optimal strategy by making use
of the partial results as reliable statistics.
There are two categories of doubtful candidates: those that you could
rank if you had to, and those that you could not, because you don't
know enough about them. DYN handles both cases with equal ease.
What do you think?
Forest
More information about the Election-Methods
mailing list