Hallo, I believe that the main reason, why Condorcet methods never played a role in political reality, is that the Condorcet supporters could never agree on a concrete method. In consequence, the Condorcet opponents simply replied: "The Condorcet method has a problem. There may not be a Condorcet winner." See e.g.:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmproced/40/40ap04.htm http://www.lwvmn.org/LWVMNAlternativeVotingStudyReport.pdf http://www.lwvor.org/documents/ElectionMethods2008.pdf Therefore, in my opinion, you should always promote a concrete Condorcet method. And you should treat the Condorcet criterion as one criterion among many criteria. Markus Schulze ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info