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0 pointsgfunk91110y ago0 comments

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.

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ClayShentrup10y ago

Your best strategy is to approve all candidates you prefer to the expected value of the winner. http://www.electology.org/score-voting-threshold-strategy

This works out well, tending to elect Condorcet winners. http://ScoreVoting.net/AppCW.html

eru10y ago

Thanks. 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.

winstonewert10y ago

I 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.

eru10y ago

I guess it's back to the prediction markets (or fivethirtyeight) then.

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ClayShentrup10y ago

Your best strategy is to approve all candidates you prefer to the expected value of the winner. http://www.electology.org/score-voting-threshold-strategy

This works out well, tending to elect Condorcet winners. http://ScoreVoting.net/AppCW.html

eru10y ago

Thanks. 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.

winstonewert10y ago

eru10y ago

I guess it's back to the prediction markets (or fivethirtyeight) then.

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