<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px">Hello Richard,<br style=""><br style="" class="">Thank you for the detailed reply. <br style="" class="">I exactly assumed that for small polls (say 10 voters) a simple majority with only one winner can be more favorable than scorring all entries in ballots.<br>Basically, I had an idea that upon setting a contest, one would have a pull down menu with voting systems accompained with comments explaining under which circumstances what system would give better results.<br><br>Thank you,<br><br>Dmytro<br><br style="" class=""> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue,
Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="" class="" dir="ltr"> <font style="" class="" face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:50 PM, Richard Fobes <ElectionMethods@VoteFair.org> wrote:<br style="" class=""> </font> </div> <br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""> <div style="" class="">On 9/24/2014 4:59 PM, dikov dikov wrote:<br style="" class="" clear="none"> > .... Since amount of<br style="" class="" clear="none"> > voters (participants+followers) may reach even thousands I suspect that<br style="" class="" clear="none"> > different voting mechanisms would be appropriate, depending on amount of<br style="" class="" clear="none"> > votes.<br style="" class="" clear="none"> > Is that right or he can stick to some systems that would be efficient on<br style="" class="" clear="none"> > large and small scales?<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style=""
class="" clear="none">Thousands of voters does not cause any problem for any election method.<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">In fact, based on my experiences with surveys/polls/elections at <br style="" class="" clear="none">VoteFair.org, a smaller number of voters can be more of an issue.<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">In particular, a small number of voters can more easily lead to a tie, <br style="" class="" clear="none">and can more easily lead to the result not having a Condorcet winner. <br style="" class="" clear="none">By contrast, a large number of voters decreases the chances of a tie, <br style="" class="" clear="none">and increases the chances that there will be a Condorcet winner.<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">(Clarification: Instant-runoff voting (IRV) has a limitation if ballots <br style="" class="" clear="none">are
collected at different locations, because it cannot handle the <br style="" class="" clear="none">summarizing that works with other counting methods. Yet even IRV can <br style="" class="" clear="none">handle tens of thousands of ballots if they are cast at a single website.)<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">Thanks for asking, and especially thanks for learning about how voting <br style="" class="" clear="none">should be done.<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">Richard Fobes<br style="" class="" clear="none"><div style="" class="" id="yqtfd72283"><br style="" class="" clear="none">On 9/24/2014 4:59 PM, dikov dikov wrote:<br style="" class="" clear="none">> Hi,<br style="" class="" clear="none">><br style="" class="" clear="none">> One of my friends wants to implement contests to his website and<br style="" class="" clear="none">> learning on the topic brought me to
the voting systems. Since amount of<br style="" class="" clear="none">> voters (participants+followers) may reach even thouthands I suspect that<br style="" class="" clear="none">> different voting mechanisms would be appropriate, depending on amount of<br style="" class="" clear="none">> votes.<br style="" class="" clear="none">> Is that right or he can stick to some systems that would be efficient on<br style="" class="" clear="none">> large and small scales?<br style="" class="" clear="none">><br style="" class="" clear="none">> Thank you in advance,<br style="" class="" clear="none">><br style="" class="" clear="none">> Dmytro<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>