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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">From: Ted Stern <dodecatheon@gmail.com><br>
To: steve bosworth <stevebosworth@hotmail.com><br>
Cc: "election-methods@lists.electorama.com"<br>
<election-methods@lists.electorama.com><br>
Subject: Re: [EM] (3) Best Single-Winner Method<br>
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Hi Steve,<br>
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T:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You seem to have not processed the response from Chris Benham which was<br>
posted earlier, with the example I proposed 18 months ago:<br>
[….]</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">46: A<br>
03: A>B<br>
25: C>B<br>
23: D>B</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">S: I hope you will see below that I have “processed” this example in a way that shows that these voters could be treated
more fairly by MJ, i.e. if each voter had defined their preferences by using something like the clearest, richest and most meaningful language for expressing the observed different levels of desired human behavior, e.g. by using the following six grades suggested
by Balinski & Laraki regarding the suitability of each candidate for office:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Excellent (ideal), Very Good, Good, Acceptable, Poor, and Reject (entirely unsuitable).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>At least this is the plausible claim made by B & L in <i>Majority Judgment</i>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(pp.171, 169, 283, 306, 310, & 389).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>They were assisted in this regard by G.A. Miller, 1956, ”The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information”,
<i>Psychological Review </i>63: 89-97</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">On this basis, I propose to compare and contrast the use of Stern’s RR with MJ when applied to the above example election.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The above summary records how RR finds A to be the winner: A>B (49>48).</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">One of the proofs that grades provide a richer and more meaningful language than preferences used alone is to note that preferences
can be inferred from a list of grades but grades cannot be inferred from a list of rankings.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Consequently, the preferences listed in the above example might have resulted from any combination of the following possible grades that the same voters might have given to the above candidates if they had been asked.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The range of possibilities are listed below.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>For example, each of the 46 voters who expressed their preference for A over all the other candidates might grade A as either e (Excellent), vg (Very Good), g (Good), or
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>a (Acceptable):<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">46: A……….i.e. A is graded as either e, vg, g or a; and B, C, D and E are graded as r.<br>
03: A>B……i.e. A is graded as either e, vg, or g; and B is graded as vg, g, or a; and C,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>D and E are graded as r.<br>
25: C>B……i.e. C is graded as either e, vg, or g; and B is graded as vg, g, or a; and A,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>D and E are graded as r.<br>
23: D>B……i.e. D is graded as either e, vg, or g; and B is graded as vg, g, or a; and A,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>C and E are graded as r.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">03: E…………i.e. E is graded as either e, vg, g or a; and A, B, C, and D are graded as r.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">Within these options, the following lowest possible grades for A, and highest possible grades for B would produce the following
conversion of the above Condorcet example into one possible MJ election: </span>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">Candidates:<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>A<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>B<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>C<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>D<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>E</span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span>3e<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>3vg<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>25e<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>23e<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>3e</span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span>46a<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>25vg<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>0<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>0<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>0</span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span>0<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>23vg<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>0<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>0<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>0</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">TOTAL+ ….<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>49<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>51<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>25<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>23<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>3</span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">Median-</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">Grade:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>…….<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>r …<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>vg<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>r<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>…..<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>r <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>r</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"></span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">TOTAL-<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>…<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>51<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>49<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>75<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>77<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>97</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span>0<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>03r<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>03r<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>03r<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>23r</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span>03r<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>0<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>23r<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>25r <span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>25r</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span>23r<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>0<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>03r<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>03r<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>03r</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span>25r<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>46r<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>46r<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>46r<span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>46r</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"></span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><br>
</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">In spite of the fact that A is the Condorcet minority winner (also for IBIFA & RR),
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>B is the MJ majority winner with 51 grades of Very Good.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>MJ finds A to be the second best and minority candidate with 3 Excellents and 46 Acceptables (i.e. a minority of all the votes cast).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Am I mistaken in assuming that even Condorcet minded citizens would feel that B should be the winner in such a case?</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"></span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">Does not this example illustrate why, as a method, MJ is superior to any Condorcet method?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"><br>
</span></p>
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">Unlike Condorcet,</span></p>
<ol style="margin-bottom: 0in">
<li><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">MJ allows every discerning person (and every other citizen) most meaningfully and simply to express their judgment about
the suitability for office of as many candidates as they might want; </span></li><li><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">Using MJ’s six grades removes the ambiguity that needlessly remains when using preferences alone;</span></li><li><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">MJ guarantees that an absolute majority of all the votes will elect the winner whom they see as having the highest available
quality, i.e. at least the quality expressed by having received the highest median-grade.</span></li><li><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">MJ’s grading of a large number of candidates is much easier than ranking them.</span></li><li><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">MJ’s method for finding the winner by determining median-grades is much easier for each ordinary citizen to understand
than is any of the Condorcet methods.</span></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN"></span></p>
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normal">
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normal">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">What do you think?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>In your view, what mistakes am I making?</span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN">I look forward to the next stage of our dialogue.</span></p>
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