Participation criterion: Difference between revisions

Add limit on how many voters can be present for there to exist a voting rule passing both Condorcet and participation.
(Removed weak participation as it seems to be the same as ordinary participation - both this page and the one on Wikipedia refers to cast ballots. Fix some Initial Capitalization as well.)
(Add limit on how many voters can be present for there to exist a voting rule passing both Condorcet and participation.)
 
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{{definition|Adding one or more ballots that vote X over Y should never change the winner from X to Y.}}
 
For multi-winner methods and methods that involve an element of chance, the definition is:<ref name="Woodall-Monotonicity">D{{cite Rjournal| title = Monotonicity and single-seat election rules| last = Woodall,| [first = Douglas R.| journal = Voting matters| volume = 6| pages = 9–14| year = 1996|url=http://www.votingmatters.org.uk/ISSUE6/P4.HTM "Monotonicity and Single-Seat Election Rules"], ''[[Voting matters]]'', Issue 6, 1996}}</ref>
 
{{definition|The addition of a further ballot should not, for any positive whole number k, reduce the probability that at least one candidate is elected out of the first k candidates listed on that ballot.}}
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Every [[weighted positional method]] that gives higher ranked candidates higher scores passes the participation criterion. In particular, [[Plurality voting]] and the [[Borda count]] both pass. Furthermore, [[Approval voting]], [[Cardinal Ratings]], and Woodall's [[Descending Acquiescing Coalitions|DAC]] and [[Descending Solid Coalitions|DSC]] methods all pass the participation criterion. All [[Condorcet method]]s,<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Moulin|first=Hervé|date=1988-06-01|title=Condorcet's principle implies the no show paradox|journal=Journal of Economic Theory|volume=45|issue=1|pages=53–64|doi=10.1016/0022-0531(88)90253-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rangevoting.org/CondPF.html|title=Participation failure" is forced in Condorcet methods with at least 4 candidates|accessdate=2014-12-24}}</ref> [[Bucklin voting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1998-June/001727.html|title=Regretted Turnout. Insincere = ranking.|author=Markus Schulze|accessdate=2011-05-14|date=1998-06-12}}</ref> and [[instant-runoff voting|IRV]]<ref name="WDSParticipationReversalSymmetry">{{cite web|author=Warren D. Smith|url=http://rangevoting.org/TBlecture.html#partic|title=Lecture "Mathematics and Democracy"|accessdate=2011-05-12}}</ref> fail.
 
It's possible to pass both Condorcet and Participation for three candidates and any number of voters, or for four candidates up to 11 voters inclusive.<ref name="Brandt Geist Peters 2016">{{cite arXiv | last=Brandt | first=Felix | last2=Geist | first2=Christian | last3=Peters | first3=Dominik | title=Optimal Bounds for the No-Show Paradox via SAT Solving | date=2016-02-25 | eprint=1602.08063 | class=cs.GT }}</ref> This result also holds for certain probabilistic extensions of the Condorcet criterion.
 
All Monroe type multi-member systems fail participation.
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