tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223917131662253173.post58761123734522509..comments2023-07-14T09:17:11.930-05:00Comments on Participatory Democracy: THoughtful Thursday, Voting SystemsDr. Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560194232422043056noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223917131662253173.post-46472147913410561672010-09-01T20:01:37.023-05:002010-09-01T20:01:37.023-05:00Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I will cover...Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I will cover these issues in a future Thoughtful Thursday. Thanks for your interest.Dr. Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560194232422043056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223917131662253173.post-38112927789384364042010-08-26T17:27:26.697-05:002010-08-26T17:27:26.697-05:00The well-known Arrow Impossibility Theorem says th...<strong><br />The well-known Arrow Impossibility Theorem says that one can't find an ideal one. Any algorithm that takes as input everyone's preference order will have one or more of a list of certain undesirable properties.</strong><br /><br />Arrow's theorem does not pertain to "any algorithm". It only pertains to ordinal voting methods. Score Voting and Approval Voting are "immune".<br />http://scorevoting.net/ArrowThm.html<br /><br />Also, strange to see such a detailed discussion of voting methods without any mention of the correct metric for assessing voting method performance: "Bayesian regret".<br />http://scorevoting.net/BayRegDum.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com