[EM] Some ways to extend social rankings to scores

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

On 2026-02-11 05:22, Etjon Basha wrote:
> Hi Kristofer,
> 
> Might the inverse of the keep value under a Warren or Meek STV count 
> suit as well?

That's an interesting thought; they might, but I'd have to think more 
about how to represent scores for multiwinner, what they would mean, and 
how keep values would tally with it.

For instance, I imagine using keep values would be better at showing a 
distinction between the winners than between losers (who have no surplus 
to redistribute as they don't reach the quota).

The combinatorial Condorcet view (CPO-STV, Schulze STV) would be to give 
each *assembly outcome* a different score, but that's very hard to 
interpret.

In any case, straightforward scores (one per candidate) would always 
lose some context because, unlike a single-winner method where closer to 
some favored point in space is better (median voter, or some wing 
position for center squeeze methods), what one candidate's optimum 
location is depends on what other candidates were elected.

-km