Black's method: Difference between revisions

'''Black's method''' chooses the [[Condorcet winner]] if it exists, but uses the [[Borda count]] instead if there is an ambiguity. This method is named for [[w:Duncan Black|Duncan Black]].<ref>{{Cite book| isbn = 978-94-009-4225-7| last = Black| first = Duncan| title = The Theory of Committees and Elections| accessdate = 2020-03-31| date = 1987| url = http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-94-010-8375-1|publisher=|year=|location=|pages=66}}</ref> Note that the winner of the Borda count is not necessarily in the Smith set.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Is there formal proof that Duncan Black's Electoral System is a Condorcet System?| work = ResearchGate| accessdate = 2020-03-31| url = https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_there_formal_proof_that_Duncan_Blacks_Electoral_System_is_a_Condorcet_System|date=March 12, 2014|last=di Fenizio|first=Pietro Speroni|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>