[EM] Re: Tyranny of the Majority

[DEMOREP1 at aol.com]

> Mr. Harper wrote in part-
> 
> 100 A >> B > C
> 100 C >> B > A
> 1 B > A = C

> ----
> D- I again suggest a simple YES or NO vote on each choice.
> 
> Who, if anybody, in the example could get a YES majority ???

Mr. Harper-

The ">>" corresponds to the divide between YES and NO, in the usual way, 
so A and C get 100 YES, 101 NO, while B gets 1 YES, 200 NO.

Sorry, I forget that not everyone automatically thinks in terms of 
dyadic votes... :-)
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D- YES, including me. 

Since none of them gets a YES majority, then none of them should be elected 
(even if there was a Condorcet Winner).

The example could just as easy be

2 A >> B > C
2 C >> B > A
1 B > A = C

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For proportional representation elections, the YES/NO math is a little 
different due to the nature of legislative body elections (i.e. trying to 
represent ALL voters, as nearly as possible).   Executive and judicial 
officer elections are somewhat different obviously.