Hallo, James Gilmour wrote (24 Dec 2008):
> IRV has been used for public elections for many decades > in several countries. In contrast, despite having been > around for about 220 years, the Condorcet voting system > has not been used in any public elections anywhere, > so far as I am aware. That could perhaps change if a > threshold were implemented to exclude the possibility > of a weak Condorcet winner AND if a SIMPLE method were > agreed to break Condorcet cycles. I don't agree to your proposal to introduce a threshold (of first preferences) to Condorcet to make Condorcet look more like IRV. As I said in my 21 Dec 2007 mail: http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2007-December/021063.html > I don't think that it makes much sense to try to find > a Condorcet method that looks as much as possible like > IRV or as much as possible like Borda. The best method > according to IRV's underlying heuristic will always > be IRV; the best method according to the underlying > heuristic of the Borda method will always be the Borda > method. It makes more sense to propose a Condorcet > method that stands on its own legs. Markus Schulze ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
