[EM] [Election-Methods] [english 94%] PRfavoringracialminorities

[James Gilmour]

Juho > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:29 PM
> > On Aug 17, 2008, at 20:05 , Raph Frank wrote:
> > The problem for parties is that the surplus doesn't remain within the 
> > party and leads to a vote management strategy.  (If none of their 
> > candidates have a large surplus, then they get to keep most of the 
> > personal votes for any of their candidates).
> 
> This is a very interesting real life example on how such 
> "horizontal"  preference orders may impact the elections and strategies in them.
> 
> Do you have a list of the strategies/tricks that are used?

See "Campaigning Under STV  -  A guide for agents and parties"
  http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/downloads/Proof%201%20Cam%20under%20STV%20-%20Update-1.pdf

This was originally written for the political parties in Scotland in anticipation of the STV-PR elections for local government in
May 2007.

James

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