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Jameson:<br><br>012/2/21 MIKE OSSIPOFF <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nkklrp@hotmail.com">nkklrp@hotmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I don't oppose MJ. I like Approval, and MJ is Approval. ....<br></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr">
That's the obvious first improvement on Approval. Sure, MTA, MCA & ABucklin improve on Approval too, slightly, by adding<br>more levels of majority-rule protection. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>MJ is a Bucklin method too, and has exactly the same "levels of majority-rule protection" as these other methods.<br><br>[endquote]<br><br>1. But my point was that Bucklin's improvement over Approval is insignificant compared to that of Optionally-Conditional-Approval (AOC),<br>MTAOC, MCAOC, and AOCBucklin.<br><br>2. So you're saying that if we count an MJ election by ABucklin as well (we infer each ballots ranking from the order of its ratings),<br>the two methods will always get another answer?<br><br>Can the result of an MJ election be changed by altering a ballot without changing the order of its ratings of the candidates? If so,<br>then how can the answer to the previous paragraph's question be "Yes"?<br><br>Mike Ossipoff<br><br></div><br> </div></body>
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