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49 C
49 C


C has the most 1st choices and wins here with 49 votes. Yet if one of A or B drops out, then the remaining candidate of the two will be a [[majority]]'s 1st choice and thus win with 51 votes. [[IRV]]/[[RCV]] guarantees such scenarios don't occur, with [[Smith-efficient]][[Condorcet methods]] giving an even stronger guarantee: if C's voters had a preference between A or B, they'd have the power to ensure their preference between the majority's candidates wins. {{fromwikipedia}}
C has the most 1st choices and wins here with 49 votes. Yet if one of A or B drops out, then the remaining candidate of the two will be a [[majority]]'s 1st choice and thus win with 51 votes. [[IRV]]/[[RCV]] guarantees such scenarios don't occur, with [[Smith-efficient]][[Condorcet methods]] giving an even stronger guarantee: if C's voters had a preference between A or B, they'd have the power to ensure their preference between the majority's candidates wins. This is also an example of FPTP failing the [[Majority loser criterion|majority loser criterion]].

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[[Category:Single-winner voting methods]]
[[Category:Single-winner voting methods]]
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