Definite Majority Choice: Difference between revisions

If equal Approvalapproval scores affect the outcome (which only occurs when there is no candidate who defeats all others), there are several alternatives for Approvalapproval-tie-breaking. The procedure that would be most in keeping with the spirit of DMC, however would be to initially rank candidates

# In descending order of Approvalapproval score

# If equal, in descending order of "GradeBucklin Point Average" (i.e., total Cardinal Rating)count

# If equal, in descending order of total first-, second- and third-place votes.

When there are no ties, the winner is the least approved candidatemember inof the definite majority ([[Techniques_of_method_design#Special_sets|P]]) set.

InWhen the eventleast-approved member of the definite majority set has a pairwise tie or a disputed pairwise contest (say, margin within 0.01%) amongwith two members of the definite majority set, one of which is the least-approvedanother member of the definite majority set, there is no clear winner. In that case, thepairwise tied contestties could be handled using the same [http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/[Maximize_Affirmed_Majorities#Compute_Tiebreak |Random Ballot]] procedure as in [[Maximize Affirmed Majorities]].

OrAlternatively, the electionwinner could be decided in that caseby using [[Imagine_Democratic_Fair_Choice|Democratica Fairrandom Choice]],ballot whichto chooseschoose athe winner by random ballot from among the definite majority set, as in [[Imagine_Democratic_Fair_Choice}Imagine Democratic Fair Choice]].