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I like the idea but don't agree that all you do is vote above the cutoff. If there are 10 choices and I approve of 3, but I know my 7 and 9 are the only possibl
by gfunk911 11y ago
I like the idea but don't agree that all you do is vote above the cutoff. If there are 10 choices and I approve of 3, but I know my 7 and 9 are the only possible winners, I'll likely vote 1 2 3 7.
- ClayShentrup 11y agoYour best strategy is to approve all candidates you prefer to the expected value of the winner. http://www.electology.org/score-voting-threshold-strategy http://www.electology.org/score-voting-threshold-strategy This works out well, tending to elect Condorcet winners. http://ScoreVoting.net/AppCW.html http://ScoreVoting.net/AppCW.html
- eru 11y agoThanks. So the best strategy is even simpler! So you do vote above the cutoff. But the optimal cutoff is really simple to find from the polls.
- winstonewert 11y agoI don't think that works. Polls tell you the levels of support of the candidates, they don't give you the probability of each candidate winning which is what you need to figure out the expected value of the winner.
- eru 11y agoI guess it's back to the prediction markets (or fivethirtyeight) then.