<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Eric Gorr wrote:<BR>
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"What are these essential standards you speak of?<BR>
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In my mind there is only a single essential standard:<BR>
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Can the method reliably find the group preference?<BR>
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For any method that is not clone-proof, the answer is no.<BR>
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For any method that is not monotonic...I would guess the answer is no.<BR>
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For any method that does not pass Participation...the answer is can be yes.<BR>
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As such, while Participation may be nice to have, it does not appear <BR>
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Eric do you really mean that? Group preference is a term open to very wide interpretation.<BR>
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If your sole criteria is "does the method find the group preference?" Why do you prefer Condorcet to Borda counts?"<BR>
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51 A>B>C<BR>
35 B>C>A<BR>
14 C>B>A<BR>
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A is the Condorcet winner, B some people would argue ( though not me ), is the most generally preferred candidate ( A=202, B=235, C=163 ).<BR>
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David Gamble<BR>
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