>That's why we want an election method that can find
>the compromise choice that serves 60% of the people when we might
>otherwise get some faction's 40% or 41% choice.
Of course, majoritarian methods like Condorcet can't guarantee 60%, or
anything over 50.00001%. But anyway, I agree with you that the
probabilistic "timeshare" approach is not a good one for serious public
offices (mayor, president, etc.) or decisions.
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