Explaining Condorcet (was Re: Condorcet sub-cycle rule)

[Steve Eppley]

David Marsay <djmarsay at dra.hmg.gb> wrote:
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> I have my own ideas on supporting the method (some described 
> in earlier postings) and am building a collection. The fact that 
> Dodgson and Kemeney independently came up with the same or very 
> similar methods lends some credence to Condorcet's claim of 
> naturality, but none of them was able to convince their peers.

One might point out that the widely-accepted Robert's Rules of 
Order uses, as its basic majority rule procedure, a method which 
rigorously satisfies both the Condorcet criterion and the Smith 
criterion.  Which suggests that it shouldn't really be that hard 
to convince folks of the merits of Smith//Condorcet.

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