Markus said:
I agree with you It is very problematic that RP and SSD are currently
discussed as if RP could be used only with margins and SSD could be used
only with winning-votes (Actually, it seems to me that Adam Tarr really
believes that)
I reply:
RP is proposed only with margins SSD is
First, a quick point: There are (at least) two separate issues discussed on
this list. One is methods themselves, like Ranked Pairs vs. SSD vs. IRV vs.
Borda; this issue generates most of the interesting posts and debates. The
other is the procedures of compiling the pairwise matrix for
This poll is forcing me to think about the difference between various
Condorcet methods,
which is something I've been putting off.
On the topic of margins vs. winning votes:
Draw an equilateral triangle. The top vertex represents all ties. The
lower right represents
winning votes, and the lower
