[EM] new working paper: (edit/second thought)

[Kevin Venzke]

Hi Kristofer,

--- En date de : Sam 19.2.11, Kristofer Munsterhjelm <km-elmet at broadpark.no> a écrit :
> It also seems possible to bury using Bucklin. Say that your
> sincere preference is A > B > C > D, and that B
> wins in the second round, but if you could somehow keep B
> from winning, then A would win in the third. Then
> dishonestly burying B, say by voting A > C > D > B,
> would help.
> 
> A method that passes LNHarm doesn't have this problem,
> AFAIK, because later preferences cannot harm your earlier
> preferences. Your chance of having A win is the same whether
> you vote A > B > C > D or A > D > C > B.

Actually I don't think this is true. This example shows that an A loss
voting A>B>C>D means that voting A alone is also an A loss. I can't see
any guarantee from LNHarm that A>D or A>D>C or A>D>C>B can't make A win.
And LNHarm/LNHelp don't apply to shuffled lower preferences.

Kevin