Warren Smith > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 1:53 AM > At the present time, Jon Huntsman gets only a tiny > fraction of the USA-republican-presidential-nomination votes, > according to polls. For this reason, certain media people > have been saying it is a travesty Huntsman continues to run > and is allowed in debates, etc. > > However... > it is mathematically possible (and might even be true -- I > have no idea... it's at least somewhat plausible) that > Huntsman is "everybody's second choice" and therefore is the > Condorcet candidate who would defeat every Republican rival > one on one. > > So there's a possible very important example of a "weak > Condorcet winner" in your face right now.
Your point is obscure. My point is not that a "weak Condorcet winner" might exist or be elected, but about the political and Political consequences of such a result. The electors may vote that way, but once they and the party politicians see what has happened all hell will break loose. And it will be stirred up by a very hostile media. At least, that's what I would confidently predict would happen here in the UK. The "weak Condorcet winner", while being the Condorcet winner, would be totally ineffective in the discharge of the office to which s/he was elected. James Gilmour ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info