[EM] Condorcet methods - should the cycle order always determine the result order?

[Kathy Dopp]

For rank choice ballots, the Bucklin method is my favorite, at least
for single winner elections, because it is much fairer in its
treatment of ballots than IRV,... I.e. Bucklin is Not sequential
elimination and looks at *all* voters' choices at the same level(s).
I see the Bucklin method came out on top (most "North") and centered
in the analysis below.  Unfortunately, the LWV, NYS is currently still
pushing for IRV voting, which, I believe, poses a great threat to the
integrity and fairness of elections, creating more problems than it
solves as compared to Plurality.

Question:  Hasn't the Bucklin method unfortunately been decided
unConstitutional by a US federal court recently?  If so, what are the
chances of overturning the court's decision?

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:56 AM,
<election-methods-request at lists.electorama.com> wrote:

> Yes, I think those are probably the most fitting suggestions even if they're not that
> great. I plotted methods based on similarity some time ago:
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.election-methods/18829
>
> ........................Bucklin.............................
> ............................................................
> ............................................................
> ..............................DAC...........................
> ...................WV.......................................
> ............................................................
> ............................BklnVar.........................
> ..............C//KH.........................................
> ............................................................
> .............KH.............................................
> .................C//IRV.....................................
> .......................QR...................................
> ...................................DSC......................
> ..................IRV.......................................
> .......................................FPP..................
>
> Methods on the east side (DAC/DSC) don't seem to get invented very often. You probably
> won't get much more unusual than these without failing the Plurality criterion.
>
> My own basic principle for sensibility is that the winner of the election should be
> one of those candidates who might be the winner if the electorate had been an assembly,
> capable of surveying how many voters were available to vote in any given way, and
> adjusting votes based on which outcomes might actually be achieved.



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Kathy Dopp
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