>LIVING WITHOUT CONDORCET- EXCLUSION AND HOMOGENEITY >Unfortunately, there are cases where either no "winner group" exists, as >is common with Condorcet, or it is difficult for us to decide between >those groups. In this case it may be prudent to exclude a candidate >independent of their "winner group"/s. This is dangerous, as it may lead >to a paradox- voters might hurt candidate's chances by giving them higher >preferences. As people experienced in electoral issues, I'm sure you're >aware of this threat. It is a quite serious one with both plurality Ooops! It's actually called "monotonicity", not "homogeneity". I've been solving too many differential equations... SORRY! ------ David Catchpole
