Re: Election results

Aha:

On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 06:09:50PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:

> The one I found at https://members.spi-inc.org/vote/election.php?id=6
> says:
>
> Votes will be counted using the "Condorcet" election method system
> which will be used to select the most preferred candidate.

The bug is in the description, because it uses a question-begging
definition. Condorcet does not select the "most preferred"
candidate, unless you use a funny meaning of "most preferred". It
more accurately is described as a method to select the most agreed
upone candidate; that is, it tends to favour the choices that the
electors are willing to rank higher, but it does not guarantee
that the first choice of anyone wins.

A

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