Re: [EM] Condorcet Criterion for plurality.

[Bart Ingles]

David Catchpole wrote:
> 
> Votes:
> 
> A>B>C
> A>B>C
> A>B>C
> B>A>C
> B>A>C
> C>A>B
> C>A>B
> C>A>B
> C>A>B
> 
> Using plurality, C wins. If we assume that voters have rankings, _whether
> or not they can express them on their ballots_, then plurality fails a
> Condorcet criterion.


You are also making an unstated assumption that voters have no knowledge
of the other voters' preferences, or at least of the candidates'
relative positions in the political spectrum.

Bart