[EM] simple question (I think)

[Rob Lanphier]

On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 17:59 -0800, rob brown wrote:

> I was confusing a Condorcet tie with a tie for the number of pairwise
> victories.  I blame this article for my confusion :)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copeland%27s_method 
> ... where it seems to imply that they are the same thing  ("This
> method often leads to ties when there is no Condorcet winner" might
> have been clearer if it just said "This method often leads to ties").

Hi Rob,

The latter, while clearer, is not really true.  Copeland always picks
the Condorcet winner, when there is a Condorcet winner.  Instances where
there is not a Condorcet winner are rare.  In those rare instances where
there is not a Condorcet winner, there's usually also a tie in the
Copeland result.

Rob