[EM] No geographical districts

[Juho]

On Sep 5, 2008, at 2:26 , Raph Frank wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Juho <juho4880 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> The simplest (not necessarily optimal) approach to implement multiple
>> dimensions is one where you simply elect representatives starting  
>> from the
>> ones with strongest support (e.g. best candidate of the largest  
>> party in the
>> largest district), skip candidates that can not be elected any  
>> more (e.g.
>> district already full, party already full), and continue until all  
>> seats
>> have been filled. At some point in the chain all "requirements" of  
>> all
>> dimensions are met if they are strong enough (and if there are  
>> suitable
>> candidates left).
>
> I would probably elect the weakest of each party's strongest
> candidates, e.g. find the strongest candidate from each party and then
> assign a seat to that weakest of them.

Why weakest? What is the "weakest of each party's strongest candidates"?

Juho


>
> Once a party gets its allocation of seats, it can't be assigned any  
> more.
>
> This is to allow small parties fill in their seats before large
> parties can lock them out.
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