Adam, Regarding Ranked Pairs, SSD and Plain Condorcet, yes, they're all different, even disregarding the margins vs. winning-votes issue. Please try the election
98:Abby>Cora>Erin>Dave>Brad 64:Brad>Abby>Erin>Cora>Dave 12:Brad>Abby>Erin>Dave>Cora 98:Brad>Erin>Abby>Cora>Dave 13:Brad>Erin>Abby>Dave>Cora 125:Brad>Erin>Dave>Abby>Cora 124:Cora>Abby>Erin>Dave>Brad 76:Cora>Erin>Abby>Dave>Brad 21:Dave>Abby>Brad>Erin>Cora 30:Dave>Brad>Abby>Erin>Cora 98:Dave>Brad>Erin>Cora>Abby 139:Dave>Cora>Abby>Brad>Erin 23:Dave>Cora>Brad>Abby>Erin that I have listed at http://www.onr.com/user/honky98/rbvote/calc.html . Paste the input into the text area and then try Simpson (Plain Condorcet) and Schulze (SSD). (The Ranked Pairs implementation isn't entirely finished yet.) The output will explain how each method computes the winner. There are no equal rankings in the above votes, so the margins vs. winning-votes question is moot. Plain Condorcet picks Cora as the winner (who is *not* in the Smith set), SSD picks Abby, and Ranked Pairs picks Brad. Play around with changing the votes and see how the pairwise matrix and the winners change. ===== Rob LeGrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aggies.org/honky98/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com
