Hallo, this is Levin and Nalebuff's description of the Simpson- Kramer method (Jonathan Levin, Barry Nalebuff, "An Introduction to Vote-Counting Schemes", Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 3--26, Winter 1995):
> For our purposes, we assume that voters rank all the > candidates on their ballots, and do not score candidates > as ties. Many theorists have addressed the issue of how > to deal with voters who either fail to rank some candidates, > or rank two or more candidates as tied. Because of the > immediate complications these issues generate, we try to > avoid raising them in the general discussion. > > (...) > > The Simpson-Kramer min-max rule adheres to the principles > offered by Condorcet in that it emphasizes large majorities > over small majorities. A candidate's "max" score is the > largest number of votes against that candidate across all > head-to-head matchups. The rule selects the candidate with > the minimum max score. A Condorcet winner will always be a > min-max winner. When there is a cycle, we can think of the > min-max winner as being the "least-objectionable" candidate. Markus Schulze ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
