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Yes, when aggregating preferences in one dimension using the arithmetic mean, people with a more divergent preference have relatively more impact.
> (I would argue we should always normalize the cast vote so that most wanted candidate gets 100 and the least wanted 0, ...
Yes, all other things equal, this appears like a reasonable thing to do.*
> but then we take away people's ability to express only mild interest.) And through that, they can in certain cases manipulate the outcome.
Right. You've given a clear example of the complexity of balancing desirable properties in voting systems.
* The problem of course is that there are many reasonable properties that most reasonable people would want, and yet, they don't coexist well.
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Yes, when aggregating preferences in one dimension using the arithmetic mean, people with a more divergent preference have relatively more impact.
> (I would argue we should always normalize the cast vote so that most wanted candidate gets 100 and the least wanted 0, ...
Yes, all other things equal, this appears like a reasonable thing to do.*
> but then we take away people's ability to express only mild interest.) And through that, they can in certain cases manipulate the outcome.
Right. You've given a clear example of the complexity of balancing desirable properties in voting systems.
* The problem of course is that there are many reasonable properties that most reasonable people would want, and yet, they don't coexist well.