<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/18 Dave Ketchum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davek@clarityconnect.com">davek@clarityconnect.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Given a Condorcet cycle, how does anyone justify awarding a winner outside?<br>
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True that deciding the winner among cycle members can be a challenge.<br>
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BUT, we know that every candidate outside the cycle has been voted as a loser to each member of the cycle.<br>
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DWK</blockquote><div><br>Dave, I think approval winner outside Condorcet cycle is too rare in real elections.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:46:11 +0000 (GMT) Kevin Venzke wrote:<br>
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Hi Raph,<br>
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--- En date de : Sam 18.10.08, Raph Frank <<a href="mailto:raphfrk@gmail.com" target="_blank">raphfrk@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br>
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On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Diego Santos<br>
<<a href="mailto:diego.renato@gmail.com" target="_blank">diego.renato@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Because Smith is more complex to explain, my current<br>
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favorite election<br>
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method is Condorcet//Approval. We don't need<br>
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complex algorithms to find a<br>
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winner.<br>
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What's the difference? The Copeland winner wins, and<br>
approval is used<br>
as the tie-break?<br>
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The difference is that in C//A you do not have to be in the Smith set to<br>
win.<br>
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Kevin Venzke<br>
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