[EM] Let's clear up some confusion

Michael Ossipoff email9648742 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 20:06:15 PDT 2012


Juho:

In improved Condorcet, the voter who equal top ranks X and Y, or who
equal bottom ranks W and Z, doesn't have any more power to vote one
over the other, or to not do so, than any otther voter has to vote one
candidate over the other or no do so.

Nor does a vote for X over Y, or for Y over X, counted for the ballot
of a voter top ranking X and Y, have any more power or effect as a
pairwise vote cast by any voter between any two candidates.
Likewise for the equal bottom ranking voter who ranks W and Z at
bottom. ("at bottom" means not voted over anyone).

So then, what makes Improved Condorcet different from unimproved
Condorcet?  How is it more favorable to the equal top or equal bottom
ranking voter, without giving undue power to that voter?:

With respect to X and Y, hir ballot is counted in hir beat interest,
in keeping with hir preferences, intent and wishes.

As for what that means, I'll say it again:

If you rank X and Y both in 1st place, that means that you'd rather
elect one of them (either one of them) than anyone whom you don't rank
in 1st place.

If you rank W and Z at bottom, that means that you'd rather elect
anyone whom you rank above bottom, instead of W or Z.

Mike Ossipoff



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