Everyone here agrees that natural (sincere) circular ties would be rare. Also, the choice is a lot less clear when there isn't a circular tie. For those reasons, it matters much less what a rank method does when there isn't a CW.
I read that Condorcet(margins) fails the Plurality Criterion. Did you know that, Juho? The Plurality Criterion is one of those "embarrassment criteria". It could be important because it could be used to easily defeat an enactment proposal. That was why I ceased advocating MMPO. ...along with burial strategy. That's another thing about Margins: It has much more problem with burial and truncation to defeat a sincere CW, as compared with wv. And wv has a burial problem that its advocates are in denial about too. By the way, speaking of denial, people at EM are in denial about the feasibility problems of rank-methods in general. I've discussed them enough that it isn't necessary to explain what I mean about that. Mike Ossipoff ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
