Kathy Dopp Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 11:23 PM
My point is, that the two examples you gave IMO are very
*strong* Condorcet winners in the sense that the vast
majority of voters would prefer the Condorcet winner over one
or the other of the other two candidates which are far less
Ralph Suter Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:12 AM
1. Despite your own certainty about how the real world of partisan
politics functions, your opinion is entirely speculative with no basis
in historical events, since no Condorcet elections have ever been held
in any major public
James Gilmour wrote:
Ralph Suter Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:12 AM
1. Despite your own certainty about how the real world of partisan
politics functions, your opinion is entirely speculative with no
basis in historical events, since no Condorcet elections have ever
been held in any
Kristofer MunsterhjelmSent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:22 PM
James Gilmour wrote:
You are right, so far as I am aware - there have never been any
Condorcet public elections anywhere in the world. That in itself
should tell us something as the Condorcet voting system has
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[mailto:election-methods-boun...@lists.electorama.com] On
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Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 8:48 PM
To: election-methods@lists.electorama.com
Subject: Re: [EM] Election-Methods Digest, Vol 87, Issue 54
In both the following cases
James,
My point is, that the two examples you gave IMO are very *strong*
Condorcet winners in the sense that the vast majority of voters would
prefer the Condorcet winner over one or the other of the other two
candidates which are far less popularly approved.
I think the IRV fanatics oppose
Of Kathy Dopp
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 8:48 PM
To: election-methods@lists.electorama.com
Subject: Re: [EM] Election-Methods Digest, Vol 87, Issue 54
In both the following cases, candidate C, the Condorcet
winner, is a GREAT choice because a majority of voters, in
both cases, would prefer C
