Attentive readers may have noticed I am not a fan of the alternative vote. I don’t think it is proportional – because it isn’t. However, it is not a bad system for selecting a candidate for a single ...

At times a group of people, with differing and inconsistent opinions, must come together to make a decision between several options. This happens in business, it happens in social organizations, and ...

4. “Marquis de Condorcet’s Jury Theorem and Democracy” — Joshua May（1000 Word Philosophy） 5. “Condorcet Jury Theorem and Popular Consent” — Jesse Richman（Old Dominion University） 10. “On Legal ...

The Condorcet method, developed by 18th century French mathematician Nicolas de Condorcet, consists of aggregating pairwise comparisons between alternatives (a.k.a. candidates) into a duel graph where ...

One advantage of using primaries to select nominees for President is that when the selection process takes place over time, it is easier for similarly-minded voters to coordinate on nominees. Today is ...

This graph shows the head-to-head matchup of Romney (up) versus Obama (down) according to the Google Ads Poll as the year progressed, with some smoothing applied. The bold black line accounts for ...

A nice idea on the platform can be implementing the Condorcet Method for the result of the election. In this case the platform will be very interesting for some communities that are using this kind of ...