Adam Tarr said: > >>I need a proof that Borda and Condorcet can lead to >>different winners. > > 91: A>B=C=D=E=F=G=H=I=J=K=L > 9: B>C>D>E>F>G>H>I>J>K>L>A > > Condorcet: A defeats B 91 to 9. > Borda: B defeats A 99 to 91.
That's a dubious way to handle truncation. I'm not aware of any standard convention for handling truncation in Borda. If we change all of the = signs to > signs we get A: 1001 B: 1009 But both examples show the same point: B defeats the first choice of 91% of the voters. Alex ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
