[Election-Methods] method design challenge + new method AMP

[Juho]

On May 9, 2008, at 10:46 , Jobst Heitzig wrote:

> Dear Raphfrk
>
> you wrote:
>> One issue with random processes is that they don't work well for a
>> legislature. A majority would just keep asking that the vote be
>> repeated until they win it.
>> Saying that a re-vote cannot occur unless the situation changes would
>> require that a definition of a change in the situation be decided.
>
> Alternatively, laws could be considered social contracts which have  
> a duration and certain terms of termination which would have to be  
> met by any later decisions to change the law.
>
>> Also, people have a certain level of distrust for random processes.
>> I don't think people would accept a President who was elected even
>> though he only had a 1% chance of winning. I am not sure what the
>> threshold is before it would be acceptable (some people would object
>> to a 49% candidate winning instead of a 51% candidate).
>
> This is probably true. I would not recommend such a method for  
> elections of Presidents or the like but for bodies who frequently  
> make individual decisions on issues.

Probabilistic methods are actually proportional methods (at least if  
they aim at giving n% probability to a candidate with "n% support",  
or some other probabilities that the voters like more). I don't know  
what the other (non-proportional) methods should be called here since  
"dictatorship of majority" is not valid in this particular case.  
Maybe "always elect the best" (according to some criterion) is more  
accurate.

Juho

>
> Yours, Jobst
>
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