James, Thanks for posting your "margins" example.
While I don't want to commit myself to saying that "winning votes" is better for public elections (there could be examples I haven't thought of yet), I won't be recommending "margins" for public elections any time soon. CF P.S. I'm sorry I've violated EM ettiquette by failing to quote from your message, but I'm currently answering e-mail remotely. ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
