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> Statements like the above are one of the reason we don’t see voting system reform in the US. Every time someone discusses reform, people make over-the-top cla
by IncRnd 9y ago
> Statements like the above are one of the reason we don’t see voting system reform in the US. Every time someone discusses reform, people make over-the-top claims like the above (“almost as bad a plurality voting.”)
Bucklin Voting's issue is that it can elect the candidate that is everyone's last choice.
- ClayShentrup 9y agoPossible does not mean probable. Bayesian Regret figures show Bucklin performing quite well. http://ScoreVoting.net/StratHonMix.html http://ScoreVoting.net/StratHonMix.html
- IncRnd 9y agoYou are interpreting that in the wrong way. Just quoting a webpage doesn't lend credence. The methodology is what should be investigated. It's easy to visualize a probable scenario that breaks Bucklin Voting in this political climate. There are ten candidates. Candidate J is least liked by everyone. Nobody else has a majority until the final preference votes are counted. At that time, the entries are tremendously skewed towards Candidate J, and he wins with the clear majority.
- ClayShentrup 9y agoIt is a mistake to focus on individual properties. http://scorevoting.net/PropDiatribe.html http://scorevoting.net/PropDiatribe.html
- IncRnd 9y ago> It is a mistake to focus on individual properties. That doesn't apply. It is important to filter out voting systems that degenerate into the opposite of their goals. I don't understand why you say that is a mistake. This has nothing to do with a comparison but removing a poor voting system that does not meet the criteria.