1 has a path to 6 at least as strong as 6's path to 1, namely 1>3>6, at 15-11 and 14-11. It seems a little odd, to me at least, that 6's path to 1 should benefit 2 but not 6 itself. Starting from the top seems the only way of ensuring that the path that orders the two candidates relative to each other is the one which actually contributes to the final outcome.
--- On Sat, 1/29/11, Andrew Myers <an...@cs.cornell.edu> wrote: From: Andrew Myers <an...@cs.cornell.edu> Subject: [EM] An interesting real election To: "Election Methods Mailing List" <election-meth...@electorama.com> Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 4:40 PM Here is an unusual case from a real poll run recently by a group using CIVS. Usually there is a Condorcet winner, but not this time. Who should win? Ranked pairs says #1, and ranks the six choices as shown. It only has to reverse one preference. Schulze says #2, because it beats #6 by 15-11, and #6 beats #1 by 14-13. So #2 has a 14-13 beatpath vs. #1. Hill's method ("Condorcet-IRV") picks #6 as the winner. -- Andrew 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. - 13 15 17 16 13 2. 9 - 13 14 17 15 3. 11 11 - 13 15 14 4. 9 10 10 - 14 13 5. 11 10 9 10 - 13 6. 14 11 11 13 10 - -----Inline Attachment Follows----- ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
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