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Western-Style Voting 'A Loser'

Posted by Zonk on from the math-and-politics-two-great-tastes dept.

sethawoolley writes "In light of the upcoming elections in the US, author William Poundstone was interviewed about voting systems by Mother Jones. In it he advocates the benefits of Range Voting as a solution to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem. Approval, Borda, Instant Runoff, and Condorcet Voting, which are often solutions advocated by the Greens and Libertarians (in the US), are discussed, as well, in light of Warren Smith's recent empirical research using Bayesian Regret. My local party (of which I'm the Parliamentarian) uses Single Transferable voting, but we're considering using Range Voting in the future. One thing is for certain: any system is better than the West's out-dated plurality voting system."

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  1. FIRST TROUT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Vote for me! I am a fish!

  2. Is it just me? by chuckymonkey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does that whole summary reek of smug? Or is that troll that I smell? Ahh I got it, a troll driving a Prius that explains the troll stink and the smug.

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    1. Re:Is it just me? by Cheezymadman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I do not think it means what you think it means INCONCEIVABLE!
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  3. gn4a by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    share. FrreBSD is 486/66 with 8