tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9765946.post114947804252695473..comments2007-04-15T17:53:58.303-07:00Noahnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9765946.post-1149537523957681692006-06-05T12:58:00.000-07:002006-06-05T12:58:00.000-07:00You omitted to mention an important part of instant runoff voting which makes it very bad for smaller, independent candidates: First preferences are counted, and if no one has more than the quota necessary to get elected, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated. His votes are distributed among the remaining candidates using the second preferences on those ballots. But the damage has been done: The candidate with the fewest first-preference votes has been eliminated. <BR/><BR/>Another preferential voting method (which is used for example in Major League Baseball MVP votes, and in several US universitites) is the Borda Count. It is simplicity itself: Say there are three candidates. The voters rank them in order of preference, and 3 points are given to the first choice, 2 points to the second, and 1 point to the third. Then all the candidates' points are added up and the one with the most points wins.Alfonznoreply@blogger.com