[EM] Truncation (was re: Defeat Strength)

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

On 11.09.2022 13:40, Juho Laatu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noted discussion on if "not marked in the ballot" should mean
> "equal last" or "no opinion". Does someone have an opinion on if also
> "equally good" (explicit or implicit "A=B") and "no opinion"
> (explicit or implicit "A B") should be seen as two different
> opinions? One possible difference in meaning is "if A is about to get
> elected, also B should be about to get elected" vs "I don't care at
> all if one or both of them are elected or not".
I consider those to be roughly equivalent. What equal-rank means to me 
is something along the lines of "with the time I've given myself, I 
can't see a difference between these candidates, and I think it's more 
worthwhile for other ballots to decide".

Unless two candidates are identical, every voter probably has an ever so 
slight preference between the two that he could discover given enough 
effort. But a voter equal-ranking simply says that it's not worth it. 
(It's sort of related to the idea of the absolute threshold or JND.)

-km