50-49 Tie

[Steve Eppley]

Demorep asked:
>Yet another Condorcet circular tie--
>47 AC
> 2 AB
>48 BC
> 1 CA
> 1 CB
> ----
>50 A > 49 B
>50 B > 49 C
>50 C > 49 A
>Does common sense say which candidate (and his/her voters) should
>lose to resolve the tie? 
-snip-

This isn't just a circular tie, it's also a 3-way tie by Condorcet
and Smith//Condorcet.  I don't think it's very important to advocates
of these methods which tie-break method breaks a Condorcet tie.  
For example:  Condorcet//Plurality-Ext
(See Bruce's old post for the definition of Plurality-Ext.)

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