[EM] (3) Best Single-Winner Method

[Ted Stern]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 18:51 robert bristow-johnson <rbj at audioimagination.com>
wrote:

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> Subject: Re: [EM] (3) Best Single-Winner Method
> From: "Ted Stern" <dodecatheon at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, June 17, 2019 5:24 pm
> To: "steve bosworth" <stevebosworth at hotmail.com>
> Cc: "election-methods at lists.electorama.com" <
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> > I would certainly favor Majority Judgment over many other options, if
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> > were no other choice, though I'd prefer if it included a runoff against
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> > Condorcet Winner if one exists.
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> I know that i am just stuck in Condorcet land and I haven't completely
> groked MJ (because i don't like the ballot), but can you guys help me
> understand how **any** candidate beats the Condorcet Winner in a runoff?
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Voters are not rational. Also, in a runoff, they are not necessarily the
same voters.

If you have an election method and subject that winner of that method to
> the CW (whom must have been chosen from ranked-ballot results) in a runoff,
> does not always the CW win?  If so, then why not just elect the CW?
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Indeed, that would be the case. But I think voters may not realize the
ramifications of their selections in early use of any new method, so an
option to reconsider might be beneficial.

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