Ok, let me give you an update on how condercet works. It's pretty simple once you figure it out. It all comes to ranking, and how often a choice is ranked higher than other choices, no matter if a choice is ever ranked first.
Here's an example of an election with three candidates and seven voters. Each line is a vote, where the voter ranks the three choices. cand 1, cand 3, cand 2 cand 1, cand 3, cand 2 cand 1, cand 3, cand 2 cand 2, cand 3, cand 1 cand 2, cand 3, cand 1 cand 2, cand 3, cand 1 cand 3, cand 1, cand 2 So, who is the winner? The answer is candidate 3. While both cand 1 and cand 2 are ranked higher than cand 3 in three votes each, cand 3 is ranked higher than the other two in four different votes - when comparing per candidate. Match between cand 1 and cand 3, cand 1 wins the first three votes, but loses the last four. Match between cand 2 and cand 3, cand 2 wins votes 4-6, but loses the other four. So, cand 3 wins. In the case with three candidates, at least one vote needs to rank a candidate first in order for that candidate to win, but with more candidates, one who was never ranked first in a vote may win. I'm using the default system when using http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/. If anyone wants try it out, just head to that site and start a test poll. Pretty simple, huh? -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
