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<pre><br>Abd:<br><br>Regarding how AOC would look on the ballots, and how understandable it would be, I'd like to <br>remind you that I don't suggest AOC as a first proposal. I suggest ordinary Approval. AOC could<br>be later added as an option. Various other options could be added too, maybe later, maybe together.<br>That question needn't be dealt with now.<br><br>The AOC option would be offered only if the C/D problem is already perceived. Voters wouldn't be new<br>to it when entering the voting booth, though there should be information there about it. And remember<br>that often, probably usually, a voter wouldn't need conditional appovals. Sometimes some people would<br>prefer to give some one or more candidate(s) a conditional approval.<br><br>It's useful to speak of primary and secondary C/D problems. Primary is the kind that a not defection-resistant<br>method has. The kind wherein defection consists of not supporting the other candidate. Defection-resistant<br>methods still retain a C/D problem of another kind. With defection-resistant rank methods, that consists of<br>burial. With the conditional methods, it consists of giving strategic insincere conditional support to candidates that<br>the voter wouldn't otherwise give any support to. I call that latter, 2nd-level kind of C/D problem, the kind<br>retained by defection-resistant methods, "Secondary C/D problem".<br><br>I was mistaken to say that the conditional methods' secondary C/D problem requires burial. But<br>the conditional methods complicate and alleviate the C/D problem--their secondary C/D problem.<br><br>Don't judge the conditional methods because they don't entirely get rid of C/D. IRV does, but at too high<br>a cost for public elections. I don't know of any FBC-complying method that doesn't have at least a secondary<br>C/D problem.<br><br>You were concerned about AOC's effect on SU. But, when AOC helps elect A, in the Approval bad-example (ABE), <br>it's electing the sincere CW when there is one. Electing the sincere CW doesn't always maximize SU, but,<br>in general, it typically improves SU.<br><br>Now to reply to a few parts of your posting that I didn't get to yesterday. There won't be time to more than<br>start on this continued reply.<br><br>You asked how Bucklin handles the C/D problem. It doesn't. AOCBucklin does.
<br>You mention runoffs. Runoffs can bring problems. Runoff doesn't bring FBC compliance<br>to methods that don't have it. Maybe could lose it in some methods that do. <br>Runoffs about double the cost of an election.<br><br>Kevin pointed out why Approval-Runoff wouldn't be a very good proposal. Much<br>better just to propose the much more inexpensively implemented ordinary Approval.<br><br>You say that most people don't regard the Democrats as I do. I reply that, with the<br>enaction of Approval, the Democrats' illusory status, as favorite to a significant number<br>will evaporate.<br><br>Mike Ossipoff<a href="http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2012-March/author.html#30074">[ author ]</a></pre><ul><li>
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