[EM] Forest: ER Bucklin vs ATDT

[Michael Ossipoff]

Forest--

You mathematicians are more versatile than most of us, and can perceive
things that for many, are way too confusing. The mathematicians'
descriptions & discussions of XA are confusing for me, which is why I just
call that method "Approve To Desired Total" (ATDT).

The version of ER Bucklin that is now my favorite, with equal-ranking
anywhere allowed, and with skipping allowed, and without that automatic
skipping that I used to suggest (for preserving MMC) is, of course
equivalent to MJ.

You said that ATDT is better than ER Bucklin/MJ because, with an electorate
polarized about a candidate, ER Bucklin tends to put that candidate at top
or bottom, rather than at a more middle place that better reflects hir
average likedness.

But I _want_ to send the good candidates to top, and the bad candidates to
bottom.

So how is ATDT better than ER Bucklin, as regards voting strategy?

Michael Ossipoff
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