[Election-Methods] RELEASE: Instant Runoff Voting (Chris Benham)

[Kathy Dopp]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:00 PM,
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> From: Juho <juho4880 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Election-Methods] RELEASE: Instant Runoff Voting (Chris

>
> Although Chris' voters changed their vote they didn't change their
> opinions between the elections. If there are new candidates they may be better than the old ones

Juho,  In Chris' approval example, voters changed their approval votes
for the existing candidates, not simply added approvals for new
candidates.  The spoiler is a "nonwinning" candidate who changes the
outcome of an election. I.e. If the new candidate wins, or does not
change the outcome, he is not a spoiler.

Apparently the voters *did* change their opinions between elections
judging from their ballots - rather than using mindreading.  Now of
course if you and Chris read all the voters' minds and every voter in
the world thinks exactly like you and Chris imagine them to, then I am
wrong. However, I prefer thinking that I can *not* know how all voters
think or would strategize and to simply judge what a voting method
does given the actual votes.

Hey since you guys seem to think you are much smarter than I am and
you like puzzles, solve this little (true situation) puzzle:

The temperature outside my house is 90+ degrees today and inside my
house is 68 degrees downstairs and 74 degrees upstairs at 5:20 p.m and
this is the hottest it will get inside my house today. Yet I have no
air conditioner, no fan, no swamp cooler, etc.  These same
temperatures (roughly) exist inside and outside my house during the
entire summer.

How do I keep my house under 68 degrees inside (downstairs) and under
74 degrees (upstairs) all summer with no air conditioner or swamp
cooler when it is routinely in the 90s outside?

Cheers,

Kathy