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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