Reverse Symmetry Criterion
    DEMOREP1 at aol.com 
    DEMOREP1 at aol.com
       
    Mon Mar 26 23:40:28 PST 2001
    
    
  
Mr. Harper wrote-
Here's a stupid example:
11 A>B>C>D>E>F
10 B>C>A>E>F>D
9 C>A>B>F>D>E
Now there's neither a Condorcet Winner, nor a Condorcet Loser, but I reckon 
any
method which elects the same person as both the best and worst candidate has 
to
have made a mistake somewhere...
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D- Can any of the choices get a YES majority ???
Each of the ABC group obviously defeats each of the DEF group.
An ABC type group is called a Smith Set-- its members each defeat the members 
of other sets/groups.
    
    
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