Re: OT: For information only !
From: | Garth Wallace <gwalla@...> |
Date: | Thursday, June 17, 2004, 5:45 |
Paul Bennett wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:34:39 -0700, Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
> wrote:
>
>> IRV does have problems, though. Just from a practical standpoint, you
>> have to keep a copy of each ballot--simple tallying doesn't work. I'm
>> more of a Condorcet Voting supporter, myself.
>
>
> Yeah. Condorcet rocks. It solves just about every problem you care to
> mention with both "normal" and IR voting. Trouble is, it's likely to lead
> to the two-party duopoly being broken, and that means it will never so
> much as reach committee (or the equivalent stage) in most countries.
Well, most countries don't have a duopoly the way the U.S. does.