Pairwise preference: Difference between revisions

[[File:Pairwise counting table with links between matchups.png|thumb|444x444px|Green arrows point from the loser of the matchup to the winner (based on who got more votes). Yellow arrows indicate a tie. Red arrows (not shown here) indicate the opposite of green arrows (i.e. who lost the matchup).For example, the B>A matchup points to A>B with a green arrow because A pairwise beats B (wins head-to-head).]]Pairwise preferences are voters' preferences between pairs of candidates (their preferences in head-to-head matchups between candidates). [[Pairwise counting]] is used to extract this information from voters' [[ballot]]<nowiki/>s, and it is then used in all [[:Category:Pairwise counting-based voting methods|Category:Pairwise counting-based voting methods]], which are mostly just the [[Condorcet methods]], to help determine the winner of the election.