Beat-the-plurality-winner method: Difference between revisions

'''BPW''' (for '''Beats Plurality Winner''') is a Condorcet completion method invented and studied by Eivind Stensholt as an attempt to reduce burial incentive.<ref>{{Citecite journal | last=Stensholt | first=Eivind |date=2008-06-12| title=Condorcet Methods - When, Why and How? |url journal=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstractSSRN Electronic Journal | publisher=1145304Elsevier BV |language year=en2008 |location issn=Rochester,1556-5068 NY| doi=10.2139/ssrn.1145304}}</ref> It is only defined for up to three candidates and doesn't have an obvious way of being expanded to more. In the absence of a CW, one elects the candidate who defeats the [[FPP]] winner pairwise.