This is James G-A, replying to Mike Ossipoff, on the topic of possible
majority rule definitions,
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Mike:
>One way (but only one way :-) of defining a majority pairwise preference
>is
>as an instance of a majority praeferring one candidate to another. And
>one
>way of defining the strength of th
I'd said:
If a majority prefer X to Y, that's a majority pairwise preference (MPP).
The strength of that MPP is measured by the number of voters who prefer X
to Y.
You say:
Well, obviously that's one way to define the strength of a pairwise
defeat. Margins provides another way, and cardinal
