[Election-Methods] [english 95%] Re: [english 94%] Re: method design challenge+new method AMP

Jobst Heitzig heitzig-j at web.de
Sun May 4 00:21:11 PDT 2008


Dear Raphfrk,

it did not think through all you wrote yet, but one point troubles me:

> Also, it is majority compliant.  If a majority support a candidate first 
> choice (i.e. first choice and nominate him), then he cannot lose.

If that is true, your method cannot be a solution to the given problem, 
since any majoritarian method will elect A in the situation I described 
-- remember that voters are strategic!

Yours, Jobst




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