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Condorcet Question

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Frank Martinez
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 2:55 PM

Is the Condorcet Candidate, by definition, the Candidate winning 1-on-1
against All Opponents or the Candidate winning against the most?

Is the Condorcet Candidate, by definition, the Candidate winning 1-on-1 against *All Opponents* or the Candidate winning against the most?
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Toby Pereira
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 3:47 PM

Against all. If it's against most, then it would be the winner under the Copeland method, which is just one of many Condorcet methods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copeland%27s_method

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Against all. If it's against most, then it would be the winner under the Copeland method, which is just one of many Condorcet methods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copeland%27s_method From: Frank Martinez <frankdmartinez@gmail.com> To: "electionscience@googlegroups.com" <electionscience@googlegroups.com>; election-methods <election-methods@electorama.com> Sent: Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 15:55 Subject: [EM] Condorcet Question Is the Condorcet Candidate, by definition, the Candidate winning 1-on-1 against All Opponents or the Candidate winning against the most? ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/emfor list info
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Kevin Venzke
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 7:50 PM

All of them. If there is no such candidate then there is no Condorcet winner.
Electing the candidate winning against the most other candidates is basically the Copeland method. That's not very decisive though, and its result can be affected by cloning candidates.
Kevin

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Is the Condorcet Candidate, by definition, the Candidate winning 1-on-1 against All Opponents or the Candidate winning against the most?


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All of them. If there is no such candidate then there is no Condorcet winner. Electing the candidate winning against the most other candidates is basically the Copeland method. That's not very decisive though, and its result can be affected by cloning candidates. Kevin De : Frank Martinez <frankdmartinez@gmail.com> À : "electionscience@googlegroups.com" <electionscience@googlegroups.com>; election-methods <election-methods@electorama.com> Envoyé le : Mardi 19 juillet 2016 9h55 Objet : [EM] Condorcet Question Is the Condorcet Candidate, by definition, the Candidate winning 1-on-1 against All Opponents or the Candidate winning against the most? ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info