[EM] Election Day causes stress

[Dave Ketchum]

Really a trivial question, and brings us back to looking closer at  
Condorcet.

IRV also does ranking, but has a different order of looking at ballots:
       Vote for minor candidate?  Likely discarded when seen, thus of  
little effect.
       Vote for third party before major?  May prevent major being  
seen when most effective.
       Vote for major before third party?  This could be the day this  
third party needs seeing quicker to win.

Ranking methods only require deciding which candidate is better, while  
range also asks how much and for voter to be understood when  
expressing that "much".

Dave Ketchum

On Nov 13, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:

> Ted Stern wrote:
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/voters-experience-stress-on-election-day-study-finds.html
>> I remember hearing about other studies showing that making difficult
>> decisions "uses up" the energy and neurotransmitters required for  
>> will
>> power.
>> So to bring this back on topic, I think we should be looking for
>> methods that make voting decisions easier for the voter, because it
>> will lead to better, less stressful decisions.
>
> The question then is "what is easier?". Myself, I find ranking easier
> than rating because I don't have to care about anchoring the ratings
> properly (i.e. what does a 10 *mean* in comparison to a 0? Does Stalin
> get a 0? Does Satan get a 0, and if both are on the ballot, does  
> Stalin
> still get a 0, or does he get a 1 for being better than Satan?).
> However, I've heard that others think that rating is easier and more
> intuitive than ranking.