Hi!<br><br>The underlying assumption of Warren's analysis is that there are two major candidates, and the voter tries to make one of these candidates win "at any cost".<br><br>I feel uneasy with this assumption, because<br>
- here, now I would not entrust any of the top two candidates, and the majority of the population is playing "eliminate one of the candidates at any cost".<br>- I would prefer a voting system which makes cooperation beneficial, hence<br>
- I would like to be in a situation where any of the top two candidates would be largely OK for me, an I could decide between them based on my pet issues, world view or whatever<br><br>What I am missing here is analysis of the impact of voting method on the strategy of voters and candidates.<br>
I hope a model could be set up which helps to understand this, but I have only faint ideas about how it could be done.<br><br>And I have a question to Warren - or anyone who bothers to answer - about one of the aspects:<br>
<br>How range voting and Condorcet (specifically Schulze) affects the chances of a cooperative and a confrontative candidate?<br><br>