Re: [EM] Condorcet basics

2004-10-07 Thread Adam Tarr
Dave Ketchum wrote: Agreed that there can be variations among what is basically Condorcet, BUT: ... Ranking A=B shows equal liking, and two voters ranking A=B and A=B have same effect as one voting A>B and the other AThat's definitely not true for any winning votes Condorcet method - only fo

[EM] Condorcet basics

2004-10-07 Thread Dave Ketchum
Agreed that there can be variations among what is basically Condorcet, BUT: Voter's ranking of candidates only shows for A>B that A is preferred, over B, but not by how much. Ranking A=B shows equal liking, and two voters ranking A=B and A=B have same effect as one voting A>B and the ot