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...in order to make it acceptable to most voters.
<p>Please let me show how I think Condorcet can be made acceptable to
<br>usual voters, even in the cases described by James.
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<pre>The situation I was concerned about looks more like this (first preferences only,
rest as before):
10 FR
38 R
3 C
39 L
10 FL
or even
48 R
3 C
49 L
C is still the Condorcet winner, but in very different circumstances.
I know it makes sense, but that doesn't make it acceptable to the electorate at
large.
James</pre>
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<p><br>Starting from Chris example:
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<pre>The example I referred to at the top:
10: FR > R > C > L > FL
10: R > FR > C > L > FL
15: R > C > FR > L > FL
16: C > R > L > FR > FL
15: C > L > R > FL > FR
13: L > C > FL > R > FR
11: L > FL > C > R > FR
10: FL > L > C > R > FR</pre>
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Suppose I use ranked pairs (relative margins) to build my
<br>ranked results from these ballots:
<br>10: FR>R 90: R>FR
=> R>FR (80%)
<br>20: FR>C 80: C>FR
=> C>FR (60%)
<br>35: FR>L 65: L>FR
=> L>FR (30%)
<br>51: FR>FL 49: FL>FR
=> FR>FL (2%)
<br>35: R>C 65: C>R
=> C>R (30%)
<br>51: R>L 49: L>R
=> R>L (2%)
<br>66: R>FL 34: FL>R
=> R>FL (32%)
<br>66: C>L 34: L>C
=> C>L (32%)
<br>79: C>FL 21: FL>C
=> C>FL (58%)
<br>90: L>FL 10: FL>L
=> L>FL (80%)
<p>First let me say that a realistic example would contain a greater mix
because politicians cannot usually be placed on a left-right axis or at
least the electorate
<br>has other considerations to take in account...
<p>Lock R>FR (80%), L>FL (80%), C>FR (60%), C>FL (58%),
<br>R>FL (32%), C>L (32%), L>FR (30%), C>R (30%), FR>FL (2%),
<br>R>L (2%).... There is no cycle the result is C>R>L>FR>FL.
<br>Now how could justify the fact that C is the winner using a IRV approach.
<br>One interesting fact is that removing a candidate does not affect the
<br>ordering between the others (when there is no cycle). When there is
some cycles, I think that at least, removing the last does not affect the
order of the others.
<br>Let's use IRV iterative elimination process, but keeping the Condorcet
order
<br>to select the looser that is eliminated:
<p>1st round:
<br>result C>R>L>FR>FL => FL eliminated.
<br>Ballots for 2nd round:
<br>10: FR > R > C > L
<br>10: R > FR > C > L
<br>15: R > C > FR > L
<br>16: C > R > L > FR
<br>15: C > L > R > FR
<br>34: L > C > R > FR
<p>2nd round:
<br>result C>R>L>FR => FR eliminated.
<br>Ballots for 3rd round:
<br>35: R > C > L
<br>16: C > R > L
<br>15: C > L > R
<br>34: L > C > R
<p>3rd round:
<br>result C>R>L => L eliminated.
<br>Ballots for 4th round:
<br>35: R > C
<br>65: C > R
<p>4th round:
<br>result C>R => R eliminated.
<p>Using IRVists vocabulary, C wins with a 65% majority over R.
<p>A generalized version of this method using truncated ballots for a fully
proportional multiple-winners method is available among several other models
at
<br><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Electoral_systems_designers">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Electoral_systems_designers</A>
<p>Comments as new members are welcome...
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