[EM] A few comments on strategy matters

[Michael Ossipoff]

Yes, Approval, but not Score, has the enormous advantage of being the
absolute minimal way of allowing expression & counting of preference or
relative acceptance among more than 2 candidates.

…& therefore the unique completely unarbitrary method.

On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 10:34 Toby Pereira <tdp201b at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 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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