[EM] Condorcet complicated?

Adam Tarr atarr at purdue.edu
Thu Oct 14 21:53:02 PDT 2004


Paul Kislanko wrote:

>That many different sets of ballots can result in the same pairwise matrix
>is something that could be perceived as a problem. In many of the examples
>I've seen, I'd have chosen a different winner than one of the cycle-breaking
>methods does based upon the specific the ballot configuration - which is not
>available to any method that starts counting after the pairwise matrix is
>formed.
>
>I don't mean to argue for or against any method, I just pointed out that
>this is something that can't be explained away, and some people won't like
>it.

True.  This is because some people place value in the absolute positions of 
candidates on a ballot, while a method that operates on the pairwise matrix 
is only interested in relative positions.

-Adam




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