[EM] Doesn't everybody see that IRV=BORDA?
James Gilmour
jgilmour at globalnet.co.uk
Sat Jan 24 15:20:23 PST 2004
Paul wrote (here converted to plain text):
> It is fairly easy to prove that IRV always selects the Borda
> winner.
Surely this statement is wrong?
Consider 3 candiates and 7 voters:
A>B>C: 4
B>C>A: 2
C>B>A: 1
Borda winner: B
IRV winner: A
> Personally, I have no objection to that, but it
> surprises me that IRV advocates dislike Borda.
Maybe this example illustrates one of the reasons why some who might accept IRV totally reject
Borda.
James
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