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The main difference between DMC and Condorcet methods such as [[Ranked Pairs]] (RP), [[Cloneproof Schwartz Sequential Dropping]] (Beatpath or Schulze) and [[River]] is the use of the additional Approval score to break ties. If defeat strength is measured by the Total Approval score of the pairwise winner, all three other methods become equivalent to DMC (For proof, see [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2005-March/015405.html this]).
DMC chooses the same winner as
The philosophical basis of DMC (also due to [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2005-March/015144.html Forest Simmons]) is to first eliminate candidates that the voters strongly agree should not win, using two different measures, and choose the winner from among those that remain.
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