In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (on 26 August 2006 12:57:16 -0400), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Smith) wrote: >Sorry, for some reason, the hyperlink in my previous post was omitted. >Let me try again: > http://rangevoting.org/WinningVotes.html > >This is a web page that discusses "winning votes" versus "margins" and >includes a careful look at the "DH3 pathology" which is a very serious >problem faced by both Borda and every Condorcet method. It is shown that >DH3 still clobbers Condorcet methods even if they allow equal rankings and >even if they use winnign-votes or margins. > >The reason DH3 is "very serious" is it has the maximally bad effect (elects >worst canddt) and it has near maximal commonness (merely need 3 rivals and >a dark horse running).
Doesn't this at least partially depend on the presence of a Condorcet cycle? I note one as being present in your various examples. -Allen -- Allen Smith http://cesario.rutgers.edu/easmith/ There is only one sound argument for democracy, and that is the argument that it is a crime for any man to hold himself out as better than other men, and, above all, a most heinous offense for him to prove it. - H. L. Mencken ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
