I'm copy this text NOT to discuss politics but instead
an improved voting method:
Nine different Democrats running, each with a
slightly different
platform. One Republican with the status quo. The
Republican will win as will the
status quo in this game--since those who desire change
can't agree on
what
to change to what degree.
This is a classic outcome when choosing from multiple
options.
Suppose your office gets to choose the locale for a
coming convention and 60% of the people want to go
skiing while 40% want to go to Hawaii. Of those who
want to go skiing, however, half want to go in the
Alps and half want to go in Canada.
With a traditional vote, the skiers would split and
you'd end up in Hawaii, where most people didn't want
to go.
A better voting method with multiple options is to
have all voters rank their choices 1,2,3. Tally them
by adding the inverse (3 pts for each 1st choice).
That way, you'd not only end up skiing, but everyone
would have a choice in where to go (a voter who wanted
to go to Hawaii might still have a preference, if the
result was for skiing, of Canada over the Alps, and
that could be expressed).
We can use this in an ME-PBM poll if we want a more
accurate picture of people's preferences.
Dan
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