I recently conducted a vote under the Schwartz method. It produced a result that is counterintuitive and that I don’t know how to justify. Here’s a simplified version of the scenario: 5x A > M1 = M2 > B 3x B > A > M1 = M2 2x M1 = M2 > B > A 2x M1 > M2 > B > A The partial ordering produced by the Schulze method has A beating everybody else, B losing to everybody else, and M1 and M2 “tied” in the middle: The question regards the clone pair (M1, M2). Why shouldn’t M1 be a winner over M2? Nobody would object to that. Some voters would prefer it, and the rest don’t care one way or the other. I don’t know how to explain to the voters who prefer M1 over M2 why their preference shouldn’t be reflected in the results when nobody disagrees with it. |
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