Paul Kislanko wrote:
That many different sets of ballots can result in the same pairwise matrix is something that could be perceived as a problem. In many of the examples I've seen, I'd have chosen a different winner than one of the cycle-breaking methods does based upon the specific the ballot configuration - which is not available to any method that starts counting after the pairwise matrix is formed.
I don't mean to argue for or against any method, I just pointed out that this is something that can't be explained away, and some people won't like it.
True. This is because some people place value in the absolute positions of candidates on a ballot, while a method that operates on the pairwise matrix is only interested in relative positions.
-Adam
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