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An Analysis of Various Election Methods

Posted by michael on from the anything-would-be-a-step-forward dept.

An anonymous reader writes "David Cobb talked about Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) as the best choice in electoral methods in his interview here, but is it really? The folks over at electionmethods.org seem to think it isn't. They favor Condorcet voting, which is another ranking style method using simulated one on one elections. Here is an evaluation of various methods, including IRV and Condorcet."

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  1. Approval voting by XNormal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Almost any of the alternative voting systems is vastly superior to plurality voting. Among them Approval voting is the simplest and easiest to understand and implement.

    It's true that Condorcet has some advantages over Approval but these are mostly theoretical and are greatly offset by its complexity.

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  2. Re:Spin versus Issues by robla · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I had high hopes for the McCain/Feingold capaign finance reform bill

    I didn't

    Rob