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=== Tallying Votes === |
=== Tallying Votes === |
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The rankings on a single ballot are added into a round-robin table using the standard [[Condorcet_method#Counting_with_matrices|Condorcet pairwise matrix]] method: |
The rankings on a single ballot are added into a round-robin table using the standard [[Condorcet_method#Counting_with_matrices|Condorcet pairwise matrix]] method: When a ballot ranks / grades one candidate higher than another, it is saying that the first candidate receives one vote in the one-to-one contest against the other. |
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Since the diagonal cells in the Condorcet pairwise matrix are usually left blank, those locations can be used to store each candidate's Approval point score. |
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We call a candidate |
We call a candidate [[Techniques_of_method_design#Defeats_and_defeat_strength|Definitively defeated]] when that candidate is defeated in a one-to-one contest against any other candidate with higher Approval score. This kind of defeat is also called an Approval-consistent defeat. |
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To determine the winner: |
To determine the winner: |
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# Eliminate all |
# Eliminate all definitively defeated candidates. |
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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. |
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