<div>Claim: SODA is simpler for voters than any system I know of, and specifically simpler for voters than approval.</div><div><br></div><div>Justification:</div><div><br></div>Simplest algorithm for voting Approval that is reasonably close to strategically optimal:<div>
<br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>Find the two frontrunners. Vote for one of them plus any candidate that's better.</div></blockquote>
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<br></div><div>Simplist algorithm for voting SODA that's reasonably close to strategically optimal:</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">
<div>Vote for your favorite.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I understand that there is room for debate on this claim, and I'm not asking you to accept it at face value. But certainly I have a basis for making it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>JQ<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/9/7 Andrew Myers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andru@cs.cornell.edu">andru@cs.cornell.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 7/22/64 2:59 PM, Warren Smith wrote:<br>
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It is simply false to say SODA's simplicity (for either the voter, or<br>
the counters)<br>
"beats any other system I know of."<br>
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It is less simple than plain approval voting. Full stop.<br>
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If you persist in making ludicrous statements, then you will hurt your<br>
credibility.<br>
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I have to agree. SODA to me seems quite complex. It appears to pose difficult strategic decisions for candidates and even for voters.<br><font color="#888888">
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