[EM] Most Tolerable or Better

[fsimmons at pcc.edu]

Yes, you can think of it as upside down MCA, which is a three slot version of
Bucklin.

----- Original Message -----
From: robert bristow-johnson

>
> On Jun 29, 2011, at 3:52 PM, fsimmons at pcc.edu wrote:
>
> > This is a three slot method. The two non-blank choices are
> > "tolerable" and
> > "better."
> >
> > Elect the alternative that is marked tolerable or better on
> the
> > greatest number
> > of ballots.
> >
> > If there is a tie, then elect the tied alternative that is
> marked
> > better on the
> > greatest number of ballots.
> >
>
> this seems to me to be a sorta backward-working Bucklin. if you
>
> replace blank with 3rd-choice, "tolerable" with 2nd-choice, and
> "better" with 1st-choice, it's a basic ranked ballot like for
> IRV or
> Condorcet or Borda or Bucklin. it's a lot like Bucklin except
> Bucklin
> looks first at only the 1st-choice rankings (and a tie is far
> less
> likely than a non-majority, which is what Bucklin uses to
> trigger
> looking at the second-round count of 1st and 2nd rankings).
>
> it's not Bucklin, but it reminds me of Bucklin.
>
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