[EM] About Condorcet//Approval (RF)

[Dave Ketchum]

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:20:07 -0300 Diego Santos wrote:
 >
 > 2008/10/18 Dave Ketchum <davek at clarityconnect.com
 > <mailto:davek at clarityconnect.com>>
 >
 >     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
 >
 >
 > Dave, I think approval winner outside Condorcet cycle is too rare in
 > real elections.
 >
So why permit it?  I should not be the only one asking questions here.

Apologies - I did not pay enough attention when you started this, but now
get suspicious.
 >
 >
 >     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
 >         <mailto:raphfrk at gmail.com>> a écrit :
 >
 >             On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Diego Santos
 >             <diego.renato at gmail.com <mailto: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
   ________________________________
 > Diego Renato dos Santos
 > Mestrando em Ciência da Computação
 > COPIN - UFCG
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