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== Notes ==
== [[ISDA]] implies several of the criteria mentioned above. When there is a [[Mutual majority criterion|mutual majority]] and a minority with a preference among the mutual majority's preferred candidates, the ISDA-based reasoning for deciding who to elect iscan tobe thought of as eliminateeliminating everyone not in the mutual majority, checkchecking if there is a new mutual majority set, and then repeatrepeating. Taking the above example ==:
 
== [[ISDA]] implies several of the criteria mentioned above. When there is a mutual majority and a minority with a preference among the mutual majority's preferred candidates, the ISDA-based reasoning for deciding who to elect is to eliminate everyone not in the mutual majority, check if there is a new mutual majority set, and then repeat. Taking the above example ==
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: 31 A > B > C
: 29 B > C > A
: 40 C > B > A
 
== There is a mutual majority of 69% of voters for B and C, so by ISDA, A can be eliminated. Then, there is a majority who put B as their 1st choice, and because ISDA implies the majorityexample criterion,becomes:<blockquote>60 B wins.> ==C
 
40 C > B</blockquote>The 31 A>B>C and 29 B>C>A voters fuse into one coalition with A gone, and so there is now a majority who put B as their 1st choice, and because ISDA implies the [[Majority criterion|majority criterion]], B wins.
 
== A majority is a Droop [[quota]] in the single-winner case. ==
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