In my 2nd bad-example for Young's method (which measures defeats by margin-of-defeat), I mis-wrote the rankings. I meant to say: Actual rankings: 41: Dole 20: Clinton 29: Nader, Clinton (In the initial posting, I left Clinton out of the Nader voters' rankings). *** Also, when I stated the basic democratic principle: If a full majority of the voters indicate that they'd rather have A than B, then if we choose A or B, it should be A. ...I meant to say, after that, that Condorcet(EM) is the only method that will never unnecessarily violate that basic democratic principle. And that the requirment to ;never unnecessarily violate that principle results in a reqirment to meet GMC, the Generalized Majority Criterion. These requirements are met by no method but Condorcet(EM). *** Mike Ossipoff --
