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Poor Man's Nanson

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Forest Simmons
Sun, Oct 29, 2023 3:24 AM

This is hand computation friendly.

  1. Find the mid range Nominal Favorability Score.as half way between the
    two most extreme scores.

  2. Eliminate all candidates with Sub. Midrange Favorability.

  3. Update the scores among the remaining candidates.

  4. Repeat steps one through three until only one candidate remains.

  5. If the remaining candidate X is not pairbeaten elect it ... Else

  6. Elect the candidate with the most candidate losing votes against X.

  7. Optionally ...elect the winner of a sincere runoff between  the
    candidate with most losing votes against X, and the candidate with the most
    winning votes against  X.

fws

This is hand computation friendly. 1. Find the mid range Nominal Favorability Score.as half way between the two most extreme scores. 2. Eliminate all candidates with Sub. Midrange Favorability. 3. Update the scores among the remaining candidates. 4. Repeat steps one through three until only one candidate remains. 5. If the remaining candidate X is not pairbeaten elect it ... Else 6. Elect the candidate with the most candidate losing votes against X. 7. Optionally ...elect the winner of a sincere runoff between the candidate with most losing votes against X, and the candidate with the most winning votes against X. fws