Rated pairwise preference ballot: Difference between revisions

 

==Notes ==

The idea of the rated pairwise ballot is to allow voters to indicate their strength of preference, while not being limited to expressing only one maximally strong transitive pairwise preference. For example, on a rated ballot, if a voter expresses that A is maximally better than B (by putting A at the max score and B at the lowest score), then B is automatically treated as being no better than any other candidate i.e. because there is no further room on the scale to down-score another candidate. However, it can be argued to be illogical or undesirable to allow a voter to express several transitive maximally strong pairwise preferences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/fylh2p/how_are_elections_run_under_condorcet_reported/fnjdafj|title=r/EndFPTP - Comment by u/MuaddibMcFly on ”How are Elections Run under Condorcet reported with [typical races are normally reported by Points (%)] and - which form of Condorcet Voting would be easiest to implement?”|website=reddit|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> A way to partially address this concern is to limit the number of ranks a voter may use, or put limits on the total amount of allowed differentiation between each consecutive rank.

 

 

If using an implementation of this ballot type involving a single rated ballot, with the additional goal of using the rated information in its direct form as well (i.e. you're using the pairwise information to find the Smith set and the rated information to find the Score winner in [[Smith//Score]]), then it may be useful to include an [[approval threshold]] so that a voter trying to express a pairwise preference without expressing rated support for a given candidate can do so.

 

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