[EM] The "Tennesee example" for Condorcet
Rob Lanphier
robla at robla.net
Mon Mar 31 21:41:02 PST 2003
Hi all,
I came up with my new favorite example to demonstrate how Condorcet's
method works, which I documented on Wikipedia. The link is here:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet%27s_method
The idea is to simulate an election for the capital of the state of
Tennessee, with the four candidates being Memphis, Nashville,
Chattanooga, and Knoxville. The distribution and geography of the state
lend itself well to this comparison, since it's not too far removed from
a single-dimensional "political spectrum" that people are used to
thinking of, but it hints at the multidimensional facet, and is
reasonably concrete. At least, it's concrete if you have a map in front
of you or if you really know Tennessee geography...as for me, I needed a
map (though as a bonus, I know more about Tennessee geography than I
knew 24hrs ago).
Rob
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