<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Kevin Venzke wrote in part:<BR>
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>Instead, try RP(wv). Instead of locking defeats in order of the greatest<BR>
>margins, lock them in order of greatest absolute votes received by the winner.<BR>
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>> 45 A<BR>
>> 6 B>A<BR>
>> 5 B>C<BR>
>> 44 C>B<BR>
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>> A versus B 45 v 55 margin 10 winner B<BR>
>> A versus C 51 v 49 margin 2 winner A<BR>
>> B versus C 11 v 44 margin 33 winner C<BR>
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>RP(wv) locks B>A (strength 55), then A>C (strength 51), and overrules<BR>
> C>B (strength 44). The ranking is B>A>C, the same thing you achieved with your <BR>
>rule.<BR>
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This explanation of the difference between margins and winning votes was very useful.<BR>
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Ranked Pairs as detailed at Condorcet.org ( Blake Cretney ) <BR>
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http://condorcet.org/rp/intro.shtml<BR>
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advocates margins as a means of resolving ties. I feel this is somewhat unfortunate ( if you support Condorcet ) since this is one of the websites a person looked for an explanation of Condorcet's method is most likely to find first.<BR>
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David Gamble<BR>
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