[EM] Optimal Cardinal Proportional Representation

[Richard Lung]

As I understand it (or misunderstand it) cumulative voting  is an early 
version of cardinal voting going by quantities of points or "plumping" 
for a single candidate. Of course the details are different but they 
share the similarity of cardinal voting obscuring an ordinal vote, a 
straight-forward order of choice, in the hands of the voters, instead of 
the parties. ultimately reducing to FPTP under the plumping option.

Or as HG Wells would say: enfeebling complications fruitful of corruption.


On 05/05/2024 12:25, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
> On 2024-05-05 09:32, Richard Lung wrote:
>>
>> "The hunt for the "Holy Grail" of cardinal PR has been long and 
>> arduous." And it will no doubt remain so, for any seeking it.
>>
>> I take it  you mean PR wth a cardinal number vote, as it already 
>> involves the usual cardinal numbers in the count: "Dealing purely 
>> with approval voting to start with..." a new name for cumulative 
>> voting, that slightly favorable system compared to FPTP, that has not 
>> gained any favor except as an intellectual buffer for an American 
>> Political Science association. To me that simply robs the voters of 
>> electing their most prefered candidates in their order of choice, as 
>> democracy requires.
>
> How would you define cumulative voting? It seems like you're using a 
> different definition than is common on the list.
>
> -km