Comments on: Math Gets Around: Politics http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html Ruminations on the Intersection Between Mathematics and Popular Culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sandy http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-9 Sandy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:51:00 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html#comment-9 What about the political strategy of campaigning in those states with the most electoral votes. Has a one of the candidates hired you to do some mathematical modeling to reflect where they should be campaigning? What about the political strategy of campaigning in those states with the most electoral votes. Has a one of the candidates hired you to do some mathematical modeling to reflect where they should be campaigning?

]]> By: Matt http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-8 Matt Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:18:00 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html#comment-8 hey Mike,<br/><br/>you're right - Arrow's theorem only applies to partially ordered systems. You can give a ranking of your preferences from best to least, but this ranking doesn't allow you to quantify how strong you feel about your individual choices. this is the freedom that range voting allows you. perhaps this posting will require a followup at some later date. hey Mike,

you’re right – Arrow’s theorem only applies to partially ordered systems. You can give a ranking of your preferences from best to least, but this ranking doesn’t allow you to quantify how strong you feel about your individual choices. this is the freedom that range voting allows you. perhaps this posting will require a followup at some later date.

]]> By: Mike http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 Mike Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:11:00 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html#comment-7 Hey Matt -- hope you're having fun in LA! I found your blog from Gabe's link, and as I'm currently procrastinating on some research, here's a though. If I remember correctly, Arrow's theorem only applies to preference orderings, so more expressive ballots might allow you to bypass it. In particular, at some point I saw a talk on <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">range voting</a> which I think has all of the nice properties you mentioned, but allows people to assign numerical scores to candidates instead of just ranking them. Hey Matt — hope you’re having fun in LA! I found your blog from Gabe’s link, and as I’m currently procrastinating on some research, here’s a though. If I remember correctly, Arrow’s theorem only applies to preference orderings, so more expressive ballots might allow you to bypass it. In particular, at some point I saw a talk on range voting which I think has all of the nice properties you mentioned, but allows people to assign numerical scores to candidates instead of just ranking them.

]]> By: Megancake http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 Megancake Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:06:00 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2008/07/math-gets-around-politics.html#comment-6 you lost me at "chief" :)<br/><br/>kisses! you lost me at “chief” :)

kisses!

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