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Most real elections have a Condorcet winner. Andrew Myers, who operates the [[online poll|Condorcet Internet Voting Service]], found that 83% of the nonpolitical CIVS elections with at least 10 votes had a Condorcet winner, with the figure rising to 98.8% for elections with at least 300 votes.<ref name="CIVS">{{cite conference |url=https://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/papers/civs24/ |title=The Frequency of Condorcet Winners in Real Non-Political Elections |last=Myers |first=A. C. |author-link=https://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/ |date=March 2024 |conference=61st Public Choice Society Conference}}</ref>
 
A database of 189 ranked United States election from 2004 to 2022 foundcontained only one Condorcet cycle: the [[2021 Minneapolis Ward 2 city council election]].<ref name="GSM2023">{{cite arXiv | last=Graham-Squire | first=Adam | last2=McCune | first2=David | title=An Examination of Ranked Choice Voting in the United States, 2004-2022 |eprint=2301.12075v2 | date=2023-01-28 | class=econ.GN}}</ref> While this indicates a very high rate of Condorcet winners, it's possible that some of the effect is due to general [[two-party domination]].
 
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