[EM] [ESF #1185] Condorcet and other authors on Condorcet (and how does range voting fit in?)

[Jameson Quinn]

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> and with that he dives on p166 into
> QUOTE
> We suggest that each voter makes a list of the 20 candidates he
> considers most worthy of the post.  If just one name is present on
> more than half the lists, that candidate is elected.  If several names
> are present on more than half the lists, then the one whose name is on
> the most lists is chosen.  If [tie] then the candidate whose name
> appears most often in the top 19 (or top 18...) is chosen. [note, so
> evidently Condorcet has in mind ORDERED lists.]
> If [still a tie] then [break it randomly].
> END QUOTE
> In the above quote, Condorcet does not say what to do if NO candidate
> appears on more than half the lists.  So his description is
> incomplete.  (Also the part he does give, contains redundancy.)  If
> that flaw is ignored, or if we based on his preceding remarks on p115
> assume the one on the most listings is elected, then observe that
> Condorcet here basically
> INVENTED APPROVAL VOTING!!!!!


Actually, it looks more like Bucklin with runoffs to me. But yeah, wow.
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