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Look at the pairwise race between S and A. The percentage of votes received by S in this race will be the Compromise Level. In this case, in the race between L and C, L receives 51% of the votes. (In races where equal rankings are allowed, we must choose whether to count 1, 0.5, or 0 votes for S when a ballot says S=A; no examination has been made of how this choice affects outcomes.)
We break the electorate into two groups: those whose ballots rank S>A, and those who rank S<A. (Again, if equal rankings are permitted we must decide whether to include voters saying S=A in one of the groups, count them as half-
Among voters who say L>C, A receives 36/51 = 70.6% approval, which exceeds the 51% Compromise Level.
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