In a message dated 9/9/03 3:57:40 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
B *IS* preferred by a majority over both A & COnly in pairwise compaisons between B<>A, and B<>C. But that wasn't the election.
The voters were not choosing to participate in pairwise comparisons between each pair of candidates. They were TRYING to express their prefences. There was no "contest between B & A". There was an election that involved A, B, and C.In the contest between B & A, only 85 people choose to participate. Of those 85, > 50% preferred B.
Again, there was no contest between B & C.In the contest between B & C only 65 people choose to participate. Of those 65, > 50% preferred B.
Yes, there was.
The contest took place in the individual voter rankings.
The voter had to decide whether they preferred B over C or C over B or viewed them as being equal and therefore placed the decision on those who saw a difference to decide which one is better. While doing this, they were also accounting for their viewpoint concerning A and how A compared to both B & C, etc.
In the case of B vs A, 20 people viewed them as being equivalent.
In the case of B vs C, 40 people viewed them as being equivalent.
(Note, there were 105 voters involved in the election...not the normal 100, in case people wonder why the numbers do not add up to 100.)
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