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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Jeff Fisher
wrote:<BR>><BR>> Cycles (Condorcet paradoxes) still exist in DMC whether
it recognizes<BR>> them or not. To avoid discussing them would be possible
but dishonest.<BR>><BR>> DMC's tendency to hide cycles rather than
acknowledge<BR>> them head on is a liability rather than an
asset.<BR><BR>What does it mean to say that cycles exist in a
method?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>I think of cycles as existing in a directed graph that
some people might use to represent a set of ballots or a set of voter
preferences.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>But cycles existing in a method?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>In what sense do cycles exist in DMC but not in IRV or
Approval?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Forest</DIV></DIV>
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