<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi Mike,<BR><BR>--- En date de : <B>Sam 22.10.11, MIKE OSSIPOFF <I><nkklrp@hotmail.com></I></B> a écrit :<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>De: MIKE OSSIPOFF <nkklrp@hotmail.com><BR>Objet: [EM] Let MMPO solve its ties. It elects A in the example. The simplest is the best<BR>À: election-methods@electorama.com<BR>Date: Samedi 22 octobre 2011, 15h42<BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Kevin--<BR> <BR>You wrote:<BR> <BR>What do you make of this example under MMPO:<BR> <BR>49 A<BR>24 B<BR>27 C>B<BR> <BR>There is no CW. Standard MMPO returns a tie between B and C. If you remove A,<BR>C is both the CW and MMPO winner. Do you think this can be accepted?<BR> <BR>[end quote]<BR> <BR>Yes. Because, as I define it, MMPO chooses C. I define MMPO as solving its own ties. I suggest that<BR>MMPO's ties be solved by MMPO.<BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>Yes, but what will you say when someone asks how it can possibly be that C is</DIV>
<DIV>a better winner than A? A has more first preferences, and neither has any lower</DIV>
<DIV>preferences. The only difference is that C voters listed a second preference.</DIV>
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<DIV>Is it better to elect a weak candidate, over a majority-defeated one? (I call C "weak"</DIV>
<DIV>because C apparently could never win the Approval version of this election.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin</DIV></td></tr></table>