Is there a method that meets CD, and is otherwise as good as Bucklin or MAM? I'm aware of only one: MMPO. Meets CD, and otherwise its strategy is like that of MAM. The only CD method that makes a good unlimited-rankings method. Embarrassment examples? Sure. Those have no practical importance. The Plurality Criterion says, in the standard CD example, that A shouldn't win. Who should? C? C is the only majority-beaten candidate. B, because the A voters ranked hir? This isn't Borda, Score or Approval. The A people ranked B over C to defeat C, not to make B beat A. If the Plurality Criterion says A shouldn't win, the Plurality Criterion is mistaken. I still consider the CD Approval methods the best. Especially 3-Slot ICT. But MMPO is the best unlimited rankings method. Bottom-end strategy? Sure, like that of MAM and Beatpath. MAM & Bucklin are good too. Michael Ossipoff