[EM] Why IRV is popular

[Eric Gorr]

RLSuter at aol.com wrote:

> The only problem with IRR is when there is no Condorcet winner.
> But as far as I know, elections with no CW are totally theoretical.
> For them to happen would require voters to seriously confused
> about their preferences for different candidates. Does anyone
> know of a single actual election conducted with IRR where there
> was not a Condorcet winner? 

Yes, but in the cases I have found have only involved a small number of 
voters. It may be true that as the number of voters increase so do the 
odds that the election has a Condorcet Winner (CW) increase as well.

You can find elections both with and without a CW, at:

http://www.ericgorr.net/library/tiki-index.php?page=BallotArchives


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