[EM] alternative Smith?

[Jobst Heitzig]

Hello James!

You wrote:

> I think that this rule can be re-stated more succinctly as follows:
> Repeatedly eliminate the plurality loser until only one candidate is in
> the Smith set.

Seems correct.

> If this is right, it invites a comparison with DMC/RAV, which repeatedly
> eliminates the approval loser until only one candidate is in the Smith set.

I guess so. In fact, using the number of first place votes instead of
the number of approval votes in DMC was a variation I suggested to the
Condorcet mailing list in order to avoid having to introduce approval
cutoffs. It has the disadvantage of not being clone-proof, however.

Jobst