[Election-Methods] Range voting simulations

[Ian Fellows]

Hi all,

I am trying to take a closer look at some of the simulations used to justify
range voting. Looking at the code, it appears that candidate 0, and 1 are
assumed to be the pre-election front runners. I was not able to determine
anything unique about these candidates (from the genutils function). Is
there a reason why these candidates are front runners? These front runners
are then used to generate the strategies for strategic voters.

Do any of the range voting people have any ideas? I  tried contacting Dr.
Smith on thur but have not received a response yet.

Cheers,
Ian Fellows
http://thefell.googlepages.com

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