[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The only problem with IRR is when there is no Condorcet winner.
But as far as I know, elections with no CW are totally theoretical.
For them to happen would require voters to seriously confused
about their preferences for different candidates. Does anyone
know of a single actual election conducted with IRR where there
was not a Condorcet winner?
Yes, but in the cases I have found have only involved a small number of voters. It may be true that as the number of voters increase so do the odds that the election has a Condorcet Winner (CW) increase as well.
You can find elections both with and without a CW, at:
http://www.ericgorr.net/library/tiki-index.php?page=BallotArchives
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