[EM] Plurality Loser Elimination And Trunk Yanking Proposals

[Forest Simmons]

Correct.

El mar., 24 de ago. de 2021 1:00 p. m., Kristofer Munsterhjelm <
km_elmet at t-online.de> escribió:

> On 24.08.2021 21:08, Forest Simmons wrote:
> > While there is no pairwise winner among the remaining alternatives ...
> > eliminate from among said remaining alternatives the alternative X with
> > the fewest (transferred) votes along with all of the alternatives beaten
> > pairwise by X
> > EndWhile.
> >
> > Then elect the pairwise winner among the remaining alternatives
> > (possibly the only remaining alternative).
> > EndProcedure
> >
> > The idea is that if the Plurality Loser is a weak alternative deserving
> > removal, then so are the alternatives beaten by it pairwise (if any).
> >
> > In this context "eliminate" means remove from the ballots and transfer
> > the Plurality votes to the top remaining alternative on each ballot.
> >
> > It turns out that this method always elects from a subset of Smith
> > called Banks.
> >
> > Note that the procedure becomes IRV by removal of the phrase, "along
> > with all of the alternatives beaten pairwise by X".
>
> That would be Benham, not IRV, wouldn't it? Since there is the "while
> there is no pairwise winner among the remaining alternatives" condition,
> a CW automatically wins, which is definitely not the case for IRV.
>
> -km
>
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