[EM] Displaying intermediate results in Condorcet-based elections

Gervase Lam gervase at group.force9.co.uk
Thu Oct 30 16:26:02 PST 2003


> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:07:12 -0800
> From: Rob Brown <rob at hypermatch.com>
> Subject: Re: [EM] Displaying intermediate results in Condorcet-based
>   elections

> >You just don't want a lot of after-the-fact
> >questions like "How could Sally have lost? She was 'ahead' by 30 points
> >yesterday...."

> However, if Condorcet-based systems were really so erratic and
> unstable that this effect became extremely pronounced,  I don't think
> I'd want to use Condorcet.  Luckily I just don't think this is the case.



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