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# The winner is the candidate that pairwise defeats all other remaining candidates.
# The winner is the candidate that pairwise defeats all other remaining candidates.


DMC always selects the Condorcet Winner, if it exists, and otherwise selects a member of the Smith Set.
DMC always selects the Condorcet Winner, if it exists, and otherwise selects a member of the Smith Set. Step 1 has the effect of successively eliminating the least approved candidate in the Smith set, but allows higher-approved candidates outside the Smith set (such as the Approval Winner) to remain in the set of non-strongly-defeated candidates.


=== Handling Ties and Near Ties ===
=== Handling Ties and Near Ties ===