[EM] Ballot Pairs Revisited by Donald

Steve Eppley seppley at alumni.caltech.edu
Fri Nov 22 11:37:47 PST 1996


Donald wrote:
-snip-
>     Having said that I hold that this is a good thing to do for
>testing purposes. This method gives Condorcet results. 

So does rankings, and voting one's rank order is easier than voting
many pairings.

>If Condorcet is better than Run-off then it follows that Condorcet
>Pairs on the Ballot is better than Run-off. 
-snip-

No it doesn't.  Let's hear the logical(?) argument, please.

---Steve     (Steve Eppley    seppley at alumni.caltech.edu)




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