<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Majority Judgment]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a href="https://electowiki.org/wiki/Majority_Judgment" rel="nofollow ugc">Majority Judgment</a></p>
]]></description><link>http://www.votingtheory.org/forum/topic/121/majority-judgment</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:50:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://www.votingtheory.org/forum/topic/121.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:05:29 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Majority Judgment on Sun, 05 Sep 2021 12:23:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">It's easy to show that MJ fails the <a href="https://bternarytau.github.io/miscellaneous/voting-theory/opposite-cancellation-criterion" rel="nofollow ugc">opposite cancellation criterion</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">2: A/Excellent, B/Very Good, C/Reject<br />
1: A/Good, B/Very Good, C/Reject</p>
<p dir="auto">Medians: A/Excellent, B/Very Good, C/Reject<br />
A is elected</p>
<p dir="auto">We can add a pair of opposite ballots to change this result.</p>
<p dir="auto">2: A/Excellent, B/Very Good, C/Reject<br />
1: A/Good, B/Very Good, C/Reject<br />
1: A/Good, B/Excellent, C/Poor<br />
1: A/Acceptable, B/Reject, C/Very Good</p>
<p dir="auto">Medians: A/Good, B/Very Good, C/Reject<br />
B is elected</p>
<p dir="auto">Demonstrating that MJ fails the <a href="https://bternarytau.github.io/miscellaneous/voting-theory/cancellation-criterion" rel="nofollow ugc">cancellation criterion</a> is a bit more difficult since we must consider all possible cancelling ballots for A/Good, B/Excellent, C/Poor.</p>
<p dir="auto">2: A/Excellent, B/Very Good, C/Reject<br />
1: A/Good, B/Very Good, C/Reject<br />
1: A/Good, B/Excellent, C/Poor<br />
1: A/?, B/?, C/?</p>
<p dir="auto">Medians: A/?, B/Very Good, C/Reject</p>
<p dir="auto">Luckily it's possible to construct an election where B and C's medians are independent of the final ballot (as I did here), so we only need to consider the possible ratings for A. An Excellent rating will lead to A keeping their median rating of Excellent and winning, but no other rating will. A Very Good rating creates a tie between A and B which is broken in B's favor, and anything lower leads to B winning as well.</p>
<p dir="auto">Now all that remains is to find another election in which A/Good, B/Excellent, C/Poor cannot possibly be cancelled out by a ballot with an Excellent rating for A.</p>
<p dir="auto">2: A/Poor, B/Acceptable, C/Reject<br />
1: A/Good, B/Acceptable, C/Reject</p>
<p dir="auto">Medians: A/Poor, B/Acceptable, C/Reject<br />
B is elected</p>
<p dir="auto">2: A/Poor, B/Acceptable, C/Reject<br />
1: A/Good, B/Acceptable, C/Reject<br />
1: A/Good, B/Excellent, C/Poor<br />
1: A/Excellent, B/?, C/?</p>
<p dir="auto">Medians: A/Good, B/Acceptable, C/Reject<br />
A is elected</p>
<p dir="auto">So MJ fails both of these formalizations of Frohnmayer balance.</p>
]]></description><link>http://www.votingtheory.org/forum/post/551</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.votingtheory.org/forum/post/551</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BTernaryTau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2021 12:23:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Majority Judgment on Sat, 04 Sep 2021 03:48:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I think it is too nuanced to really answer. On one hand yes because if somebody votes on the other side of the median for all the candidates than you they effectively cancel your vote. However, it is not really clear how that is done.</p>
]]></description><link>http://www.votingtheory.org/forum/post/550</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.votingtheory.org/forum/post/550</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Edmonds]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 03:48:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Majority Judgment on Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:06:32 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Does MJ meet <a href="https://equal.vote/theequalvote" rel="nofollow ugc">Frohnmayer</a>? My guess is "no."</p>
]]></description><link>http://www.votingtheory.org/forum/post/549</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.votingtheory.org/forum/post/549</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Waugh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:06:32 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>