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Two French mathematicians, who say they have spent the last dozen
years studying voting systems, have proposed a new method they call
Majority Judgment. In a US presidential election, it would ask
voters to judge how good or bad a president they believe each
candidate would be if elected. There would be 6 options:<br>
<br>
Great President<br>
Good President<br>
Average President<br>
Poor President<br>
Terrible President<br>
Never Heard of Candidate<br>
<br>
Their proposal was posted May 9, 2016 at The Conversation and May 11
at Salon.com:<br>
<blockquote><a
href="https://theconversation.com/trump-and-clinton-victorious-proof-that-us-voting-system-doesnt-work-58752"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://theconversation.com/trump-and-clinton-victorious-proof-that-us-voting-system-doesnt-work-58752">https://theconversation.com/trump-and-clinton-victorious-proof-that-us-voting-system-doesnt-work-58752</a></a><br>
<a
href="http://www.salon.com/2016/05/11/two_faces_of_a_rotting_system_partner/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.salon.com/2016/05/11/two_faces_of_a_rotting_system_partner/">http://www.salon.com/2016/05/11/two_faces_of_a_rotting_system_partner/</a></a><br>
</blockquote>
The authors make the following claim, among others:<br>
<blockquote>"<a
href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/majority-judgment">Majority
judgment</a> resolves the conundrum of Arrow’s theorem: neither
the Condorcet nor the Arrow paradox can occur.<br>
</blockquote>
I'd appreciate any thoughts about their proposal and about how
Majority Judgment compares to other voting methods, particularly
Range Voting.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Ralph Suter<br>
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