[EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

[Dave Ketchum]

Given a Condorcet cycle, how does anyone justify awarding a winner outside?

True that deciding the winner among cycle members can be a challenge.

BUT, we know that every candidate outside the cycle has been voted as a 
loser to each member of the cycle.

DWK

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:46:11 +0000 (GMT) Kevin Venzke wrote:
> Hi Raph,
> 
> --- En date de : Sam 18.10.08, Raph Frank <raphfrk at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
>>On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Diego Santos
>><diego.renato at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Because Smith is more complex to explain, my current
>>
>>favorite election
>>
>>>method is Condorcet//Approval. We don't need
>>
>>complex algorithms to find a
>>
>>>winner.
>>
>>What's the difference?  The Copeland winner wins, and
>>approval is used
>>as the tie-break?
> 
> 
> The difference is that in C//A you do not have to be in the Smith set to
> win.
> 
> Kevin Venzke
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