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Re: [EM] [CES #15270] Re: PAR: nearly-equivalent rules

JQ
Jameson Quinn
Mon, Nov 14, 2016 8:18 PM

The advantages of PAR over score are:

  1. It doesn't promote brinksmanship between allied candidates (that is,
    chicken dilemma strategy). Note that this is important whenever voters
    think that the election might be a chicken dilemma, not just in cases where
    it actually is one.

  2. The ballot is simpler.

  3. There is less of an advantage for strategically sophisticated groups
    over strategically unsophisticated ones.

  4. I believe that because of (3), PAR would more reliably elect the
    Condorcet winner in center squeeze scenarios, especially in the most common
    cases where the Condorcet winner was the true utility winner.

2016-11-14 14:21 GMT-05:00 Spenser Kearns kearnssp@mymail.vcu.edu:

Sorry if you've answered this elsewhere, but what are the advantages of
PAR over range voting?

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The advantages of PAR over score are: 1. It doesn't promote brinksmanship between allied candidates (that is, chicken dilemma strategy). Note that this is important whenever voters think that the election might be a chicken dilemma, not just in cases where it actually is one. 2. The ballot is simpler. 3. There is less of an advantage for strategically sophisticated groups over strategically unsophisticated ones. 4. I believe that because of (3), PAR would more reliably elect the Condorcet winner in center squeeze scenarios, especially in the most common cases where the Condorcet winner was the true utility winner. 2016-11-14 14:21 GMT-05:00 Spenser Kearns <kearnssp@mymail.vcu.edu>: > Sorry if you've answered this elsewhere, but what are the advantages of > PAR over range voting? >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Center for Election Science" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to electionscience+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >