[EM] A few comments on strategy matters

[Toby Pereira]

 When you're adding a ballot it's the participation criterion that's being tested. Philosophically I'd say participation and monotonicity are fairly similar, and neither one seems obviously more important than the other. But mathematically they are different, and it just happens to be much easier for a method to pass monotonicity than participation. The restrictiveness of participation means it it often largely ignored as a criterion. However, I also think it is a big plus for approval and score. Score might not be a realistic aim, but approval voting has a lot going for it and has support behind it.
Toby
    On Wednesday, 7 February 2024 at 17:46:03 GMT, Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 How can a method be called “monotonic” if adding a ballot that votes X over y can change the winner from X to y ???
Another reason to prefer Approval & Score.

What’s the difference between changing a ballot & adding one? Well, one is legal & one isn’t, & happens whenever another person enters the polling-place.——-
  
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