If the Condorcet method is susceptible to the phenomena of a nonwinning candidate whose presence in the election changes who would otherwise win the election, all else being equal.
Could someone please provide me with an example of the spoiler effect occuring with the Condorcet method of counting rank choice ballots or tell me why the spoiler effect doesn't happen with Condorcet in a few words? Thanks. I'm devising an experiment to compare the Condorcet method with the IRV method of counting rank choice ballots and would like, if possible, to introduce subjects to the spoiler effect to see under what conditions they notice it occurs. I can easily generate spoiler scenarios with IRV but do not know how to generate spoiler scenarios with the Condorcet method and if it's not too much trouble, would appreciate an example if Condorcet is susceptible to spoilers. Thank you. -- Kathy Dopp Town of Colonie, NY 12304 phone 518-952-4030 cell 518-505-0220 http://utahcountvotes.org http://electionmathematics.org http://kathydopp.com/serendipity/ Realities Mar Instant Runoff Voting http://electionmathematics.org/ucvAnalysis/US/RCV-IRV/InstantRunoffVotingFlaws.pdf Voters Have Reason to Worry http://utahcountvotes.org/UT/UtahCountVotes-ThadHall-Response.pdf Checking election outcome accuracy --- Post-election audit sampling http://electionmathematics.org/em-audits/US/PEAuditSamplingMethods.pdf ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
