Posts made by ahickey

@toby-pereira The scenario is around the 1:37:00 mark, ( which is a debating example in its own right ) but that was only the example that lead me down this thought process. Has anyone ran the numbers to find the first loser, second loser, ... to get the winner. With the assumption that I choice candidates Z, Y, X, W, V, B, A ( in that order I want to win ) ( assuming ranked choice ) and they all lose in the same order, would it make a mathematical difference it the ballots are calculated winner to loser or loser to winner. My thinking on it is that if it were counted loser to winner than my vote would count all the way up, but if counted winner to loser than it would not.

After watching a Mr. Beat video with guests from the equal.vote website, I am trying to see if there would be any difference in calculating the candidates with the most zeros ( using the STAR method ) first. Given how they showed a quick slide about how a " winning candidate " would not have won since they would have been eliminated in the first round. I am thinking along the lines of the " Monty Hall problem " where you are trying to find the losing doors to be left with the winning door. It seems to me if you try to find the losers first you can ensure that the majority will get their winner. Did a quick look on here and did not see anything similar, but please direct me to it if it is already on here.