Mr. LeGrand wrote in part- The term "clones" refers to candidates who are together on every ballot in an election. In other words, on no ballot does any other candidate separate them. (Markus has a good formal definition.) The term doesn't imply that the candidates are actually alike in any way, much less that they're clones in the genetic sense. :-) ----- D- Any dictionary of election method words and phrases ???
Cloneness is like unanimity on *disputable* issues -- very scarce -- especially in *large* elections. A range of possible results -- 100 A > B 0 B > A 99 A > B 1 B > A Etc. 51 A > B 49 B > A Etc 51 B > A 49 A > B Etc. 99 B > A 1 A > B 100 B > A 0 A > B A and B are not exactly clones just by being next to each other even in the 100 to 0 cases.
