[EM] [RangeVoting] IRV vs Condorcet vs Range/Score

Dave Ketchum davek at clarityconnect.com
Fri Oct 10 10:02:54 PDT 2008


Took a while to decipher what you meant.

Others seem to realize my topic is Condorcet vs IRV, both almost twin rank 
methods.

While I do have preferences among methods, this thread is into those two 
without considering what else I might prefer.

DWK

On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:59:11 -0700 (PDT) Chris Benham wrote:
> Dave Ketchum wrote:
> I started this thread to compare IRV vs Condorcet, believing that IRV is 
> provably less capable and deserves discarding.
> 
> Dave,
> Comparing a decisive method  with a criterion is a bit like comparing a
> person with  "virtue".  As soon as you tell us which  *decisive method*
> you support  I will be happy to discuss its comparison with IRV.
> 
> Or failing that, perhaps you could give us some clue as to what method
> you support by telling us some other criteria besides the Condorcet Criterion
> that you think a method should meet.
> 
> Chris Benham
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