[EM] Re the "official" definition of "condorcet"

Eric Gorr eric at ericgorr.net
Fri Aug 12 20:19:41 PDT 2005


>> RLSuter at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>Warren Smith wrote:
>>>> --Actually, as a math PhD, what I understand is that the
>>>> Condorcet criterion is NOT "already well-defined"
>>>>
>>> This mystifies me. I've long understood the Condorcet criterion
>>> to mean that if one candidate would defeat all others in one to one
>>> contests, that candidate is the Condorcet winner. 

Indeed. The Condorcet Criterion is well-defined...I too am mystified why 
or how anyone could claim anything but.



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