[EM] question/comments re DMC

[Jobst Heitzig]

Dear Warren!

>   voters  A points  B points
>     60       60        40
>     40        0       100
> 
> then B wins although she is obviously defeated by A, the obvious 2nd
> place winner.
> 
> ---I'm sorry but YOU are wrong here.  Your precise wording was
> "always defeats the candidate which would win if the winner were not present"
> Range voting obeys your precise wording, using the precise range votes with the
> winner deleted from those votes.

I don't understand. Doesn't B win in the example under RV? Or do you
neglect that A defeats B in that example? If so, then I suggest to ask
an arbitrary sample of people which candidate defeats which when 60
prefer A and 40 prefer B.

Yours, Jobst