The best friend of a candidate Y is the candidate with the fewest losing votes against Y ... or Y itself, in the case where Y is defeated by every candidate except itself. Best Friend Deference (BFD) is the method that, at each step, eliminates the best friend of the MMPO candidate: Repeatedly eliminate the best friend of the candidate with the Minimum MaxPO among the uneliminatrd candidates. Elect the last candidate to be eliminated ... OR ... for a method with high burial resistance, make a sincere comparison between the final two BFD candidates. fws