On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:48:19 +0100 Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
Paul Kislanko wrote:
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In another respect, Condorcet is an efficient way to find majorities
that support an alternative. If we (for the sake of simplicity) assume
voters are sincere and runoffs have similar turnout as primaries, then
if X pairwise beats Y, X would beat Y in a runoff. If X's a sincere CW,
it win a runoff, no matter who it ran against.
Your certainty inspires resistance:
Those of us who bullet voted for Z could prefer Y over X, and thus surprise
you.
Still, X has good odds.
BTW, I would not do runoffs with Condorcet, even with cycles - promise of
no runoffs can encourage more careful preparation for the primary vote
where Condorcet allows complete ranking.
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