On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:07:47 -0400 Warren Smith wrote:
> http://rangevoting.org/CondAppConflict.html
>
> The Condorcet and Approval winners cannot differ if there is no tie
> and if the Approval voters all place their approval thresholds strategically
> under the guess it is going to be A vs C where A and C are the putative
> Approval
> and Condorcet winners.
>
> In view of this fact, it seems that much of the so-called "conflict"
> between Approval and Condorcet "philosophies" , is illusory.
>
> Warren D Smith
Echoing your words, given knowledge of a set of Plurality votes, Condorcet
voters could indicate THE SAME desires and achieve THE SAME winner as
happened with the Plurality votes.
All of which does not prevent Condorcet voters, when permitted to use the
full capabilities of the method, from having ADDITIONAL power over either
Plurality or Approval.
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