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== Condorcet ==
In a pairwise comparison matrix/table, often the color green is used to shade cells where more voters prefer the former candidate over the latter candidate than the other way around, the color red is used to shade cells where more voters prefer the latter candidate over the former candidate than the other way around, and some other color (often gray, yellow, or uncolored) is used to shade cells where as many voters prefer one candidate over the other as the other way around (pairwise ties).
Pairwise comparison tables are often ordered to create a [[Smith set ranking|Smith ranking]] of candidates, such that the candidates at the top [[Pairwise counting#Terminology|pairwise beat]] all candidates further down the table, all candidates directly below the candidates at the top pairwise beat all candidates further down the table, etc.
In the context of [[Condorcet methods]]:
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