Highest votes tie breaker
DEMOREP1 at aol.com
DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Fri May 10 05:37:54 PDT 1996
Some more about Condorcet tie breakers.
Assume that A, B and C are in a Condorcet circular tie.
1= first choice vote, 2= second choice vote
If each of the three candidates are dropped in rotation, then the result is
the three pairs (six combinations).
1A 1B C out
+2CA +2CB
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A out 1B 1C
+2AB +2AC
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1A B out 1C
+2BA +2BC
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One of the six totals will have the highest number of votes (assuming no
ties). Thus, should the candidate with such highest number of votes be the
tie breaker winner ?
The above can be expanded for cases when 4 or more candidates are in a
circular tie.
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