Kathy Dopp wrote:
I disagree with your characterization that in your example C does not
have majority support because all 100 voters prefer C over at least
two other candidates,
However, I see your point that the numerical total value of votes
received by C, is not a majority out of the total numerical value of
all votes counted.
The point is rather that while a majority prefers C to at least two
other candidates, a majority also prefers A to all the others. In other
words, if the voters were asked "Do you prefer A to all the others?", a
majority would answer yes, while if the voters were asked "Do you prefer
B to all the others?", or "Do you prefer C to all the others?", that
wouldn't be the case.
It seems suspect for a method to fail to elect a candidate when a
majority prefers that candidate to all other candidates.
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