[EM] Voting-System Choice for Polls (Just one more thing I want to say)

[robert bristow-johnson]

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Subject: Re: [EM] Voting-System Choice for Polls (Just one more thing I want to say)

From: "Markus Schulze" <Markus.Schulze at alumni.TU-Berlin.DE>

Date: Thu, December 22, 2016 2:27 am

To: election-methods at lists.electorama.com

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> Hallo,

>

> it is problematic to define a criterion by saying:

>

> Election method X satisfies criterion Y if it

> never ... unless this can be justified.

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> If criteria were defined in this manner then, whether

> election method X satisfies criterion Y, would only be

> a question of the rhetoric skills of the supporters

> of this method.

>

> Markus Schulze

>
well, Markus, not only is your knowledge/expertise far exceeding mine, but also is your patience.  i, frankly, could not read through an entire post of Michael's.  but i *did* look for specific responses to concerns that i brought up.
Neither Michael nor Daniel nor even
Warren can answer this simple question in general: As a voter, is it in my political best interest to Approve my second choice or not?  (And if it were Score voting, how much should I score my second choice, assuming I give my first choice a "10"?)
Michael, i don't necessarily
want to see you go, but your forensic (debate) skills simply do not cut the mustard with me.  You are not persuasive and neither volume, nor Alphabet Soup, nor self-confidence does the heavy lifting needed to persuade.

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r b-j                  rbj at audioimagination.com
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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