Hallo, Chris Benham wrote (1 Jan 2005): > To me, it is axiomatic that a single-winner voting method > should, with sincere voting, reduce to FPP when there are > only two candidates.
Mike Ossipoff replied (1 Jan 2005): > Axiomatic? You're giving to us a fundamental standard that > you have. That's your axiom. You mustn't expect everyone > to have the same axioms that you have. That's not Benham's criterion. That's May's criterion: If there are only two candidates A and B and the number of voters who strictly prefer candidate A to candidate B is strictly larger than the number of voters who strictly prefer candidate B to candidate A, then candidate A must be elected with certainty. Markus Schulze ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
