[EM] 3 or more choices - Condorcet

[robert bristow-johnson]

On 11/11/12 11:16 AM, Chris Benham wrote:
> Robert,
> Can I take it that your "49: A>B A>C" means that 49 voters voted
> A>B=C  (meaning exactly the same thing as A>C=B)?  I'll proceed
> on the assumption that your answer is yes.
>
> So if
>
> 49: A>B  A>C
> 48: B>C>A
> 03: C>A  C>B
>
> really means
>
> 49: A>B=C
> 48: B>C>A
> 03: C>A=B
> you are aware here that there is no Condorcet winner and that Margins
> elects B, right?

actually, no i was clueless about that.  i was thinking that C was the 
CW.  i overlooked the fact that B is way over C.

as Texas Guv Rich Perry would say: "Ooops."

or as Emily Littela (old SNL character played by Gilda Radner) would 
say: "Never mind."

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