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'''Benham's method''' is a variation of [[instant-runoff voting]] independently invented by Chris Benham, David Hill, and Robert Loring.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2006-October/116721.html|title=Condorcet + IRV completion? |last=Benham|first=Chris|date=2006-10-16|website=Election-methods mailing list|url-status=live|access-date=2022-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2014-April/097948.html|title=
Between two candidates X and Y, X pairwise beats Y if more ballots rank X over Y than rank Y over X.
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Example:
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34: A>B>C
32: B>A
▲34: C>B>A
Regular IRV eliminates B and elects A here, whereas Benham elects B for being the Condorcet winner ([[Pairwise beat|pairwise beats]] A and C 66 to 34 each). This is an example of an averted [[Center squeeze effect|center squeeze]] instance. Note that had B had a few more 1st choices, they would've had over 1/3rd of all 1st choice votes, and thus been guaranteed to win in IRV as well.
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Because Benham's method is just IRV with the possibility of ending in an earlier round, it is possible to figure out who the Benham winner would be if given the full results of an IRV election (the round-by-round breakdown) and the pairwise comparison table for that election.
Like other
Benham is cloneproof for the same reason that IRV is: suppose the winner is X and is cloned. Then these clones can't have higher first preference counts than X itself, and so all appear after X. When all of these clones but one has been eliminated, then X still wins. The introduction of clones may lead to Benham needing more rounds to determine the winner, however.
== References ==
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[[Category:Smith-efficient Condorcet methods]]
[[Category:Condorcet-IRV hybrid methods]]
[[Category:Clone-independent electoral systems]]
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