[EM] Condorcet meeting

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

On 2023-08-25 01:50, Forest Simmons wrote:
> I agree with Kristofer that Approval is plenty good for the narrowing 
> down phase.
> 
> Your favorite pundits and candidates will definitely make known their 
> recommendations.  Trust your own judgment and gut, as you collate and 
> cull out their llists of recommendations.
> 
> If there are going to be only six finalists, that doesn't mean you can 
> only approve six or that you have to approve more than one.
> 
> My rule is to approve my favorite as well as everybody else that I like 
> almost as much.
> 
> Here's an idea for deciding on n, the number of finalists after the 
> approval ballots have been tallied:
> 
> For this purpose, temporarily count the ballots fractionally, and let 
> f(X) be the fraction of the total that X gets in this tally ... so that 
> the f(X) values sum to unity.
> 
> The value of n should be the reciprocal of the sum of the squares of the 
> f(X) vslues... the standard formula for the minimum number of seats that 
> would be acceptable for proportional representation of a diverse population.

Another option is to use the exponential of the Shannon entropy: 
https://electowiki.org/wiki/Effective_number_of_parties#Entropy_measure

-km