[EM] Weak Condorcet winners [was: FairVote are not thefriendliest]

[James Gilmour]

Peter Zbornik  > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:04 PM
> Well I think the argument that two-rounds systems are silly 
> and complex, can be countered with the fact that it is used 
> all throughout Europe and elsewhere.

Yes, and the French Presidential election of 2002 showed us very clearly what is wrong with such two-round voting systems.


> I would say runoff 
> elections are the standard way of conducting single member  
> elections. Even though I have no data for this claim,

Yes, I should like to see some hard data to back up that statement.

James Gilmour