[EM] Re: Condorcet package

[Ted Stern]

On 24 Feb 2005 at 10:25 PST, Ted Stern wrote:
> As Kevin has pointed out, by counting a=b as a>b + b>a, winning votes (wv)
> acquires some characteristics of relative margins (rm).  With your tabulation
> rule, the margin doesn't change, but the winning vote totals do.

I must apologize, I introduced my own confusion here.

There is a further difference between margins, relative margins, and winning
votes.

With Ranked Pairs, the notation would be RP(m), RP(rm), or RP(wv).

I used 'relative margins' when what I meant to say was 'margins'.

Ted
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