[EM] An interesting real election

[Kevin Venzke]

Hi Aaron,

--- En date de : Dim 30.1.11, Aaron Armitage <eutychus_slept at yahoo.com> a écrit :
>1 has a path to 6 at least as strong as 6's path to 1, namely 1>3>6, at 
>15-11 and 14-11. It
>seems a little odd, to me at least, that 6's path to 1 should benefit 2 
>but not 6 itself.

When you say "benefit" do you mean "elect" or something more broad? It
seems to me election is the only meaningful benefit but of course only
one candidate can receive it.

>Starting from the top seems the only way of ensuring that the path that 
>orders the two
>candidates relative to each other is the one which actually contributes 
>to the final outcome.

I don't understand this. Are you saying the Schulze outcome in this
election is an example where these two things differed?

It's true that 1's path to 6 is better than the reverse, but the only
method that will never elect the loser of such a comparison is Schulze.

Kevin