[EM] simple question (I think)

Scott Ritchie scott at open-vote.org
Wed Nov 16 16:48:44 PST 2005


On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 16:27 -0800, rob brown wrote:
> Hmmm, ok.
> 
> Obviously though, if A has 8 pairwise wins, B has 7, and everyone else
> has less.....A will be the winner no matter what, right?  Regardless
> of how close A's wins are and how large B's majorities are?

This is only guaranteed if there are 9 candidates, in which case A is
the condorcet winner.  Otherwise both A, B, and another could end up in
the Smith set.

-Scott Ritchie




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