[EM] a question about apportionment

[Dave Ketchum]

One of his thoughts caught my eye.
On May 8, 2011, at 1:32 AM, ⸘Ŭalabio‽ wrote:
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> 	With Condorcet, one must rate many candidates and then one must  
> resolve cycles.  I prefer scorevoting.

We do not usually say "rate" with Condorcet but, thinking:  Two  
thoughts fit together for Score.
We optimize the ratings but, before we can really do that, we need to  
order the candidates from best to worst.

In Condorcet we also need to order the candidates - so it makes sense  
to separate this shared task before comparing the differences in the  
systems.  So now, comparing the systems:

For either, order the candidates from best, that this voter hopes  
wins, to the collection of worst that this voter equally dislikes and  
wants to help none of.

For Score distribute ratings equally, with equal ratings ok for equal  
liking - trivial effort.  Then optimize ratings - perhaps for each  
trio, B/S/W, adjust S up to help S beat W, or down to help B beat S -  
THIS is LABORIOUS.

For Condorcet simply rank as sorted, with equal rankings ok, and  
leaving worst unranked - trivial effort.  DONE, for the voter is not  
concerned with cycles, a task for the method when there are three or  
more nearly tied candidates that form a cycle.