RE: [EM] Condorcet Criterion for plurality.

[MIKE OSSIPOFF]

>Approval can be defined as a two tiered preference system (1's and
>2's).

Sure. And Plurality likewise can be defined as a 2-tiered preference
system, in which we're only allowed to rank one candidate in the
top tier.

But Markus is saying that it's assumed that voters actually
vote, in Plurality, a ranking that can have more than 2 tiers.
or as a set of ratings that of course indicates a ranking that can
have more than 2 tiers.

So, again, the question is: Then how would Markus, or the
scientific journal authors that he refers to, interpret that ranking
or set of ratings for the purpose of determining if Approval
meets Condorcet's Criterion? Or single-winner Cumulative?
Is it a different special rule for each method, or is there a
uniform rule for all criteria & voting systems. If so, then what
is that uniform rule?

Mike Ossipoff

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