Talk:Pairwise counting
I suggest using this table concept from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Burlington_mayoral_election#Analysis_of_the_2009_election
Pairwise preference combinations:[21][26]
wi JS DS KW BK AM
AM Andy
Montroll (5–0)
5 Wins ↓
BK Bob
Kiss (4–1)
1 Loss → ↓ 4 Wins
4067 (AM) – 3477 (BK)
KW Kurt
Wright (3–2)
2 Losses → 3 Wins ↓
4314 (BK) – 4064 (KW)
4597 (AM) – 3668 (KW)
DS Dan
Smith (2–3)
3 Losses → 2 Wins ↓
3975 (KW) – 3793 (DS)
3946 (BK) – 3577 (DS)
4573 (AM) – 2998 (DS)
JS James
Simpson (1–4)
4 Losses → 1 Win ↓
5573 (DS) – 721 (JS)
5274 (KW) – 1309 (JS)
5517 (BK) – 845 (JS)
6267 (AM) – 591 (JS)
wi Write-in (0–5) 5 Losses → 3338 (JS) –
165 (wi)
6057 (DS) – 117 (wi)
6063 (KW) – 163 (wi)
6149 (BK) – 116 (wi)
6658 (AM) – 104 (wi)
BetterVotingAdvocacy (talk) 08:50, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- When the vote-counting method is specified, this alternate format has some advantages for some voters. (Yet other voters will be overwhelmed with TMI (too much information.)) However, this article must remain neutral about how the pairwise counts are used. The above example is not neutral because it specifies win counts, and because the order of candidates is clearly not neutral. If you want to insert a grid with real numbers then the Tennessee example could be used, but the sequence would be the sequence used in the ballots table (not a "winning" sequence). VoteFair (talk) 18:45, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- Another thing to point out about pairwise counting: when you"re trying to demonstrate a CW, it may be easiest to show their weakest victory (either in margins or winning votes) instead of showing every pairwise contest. So, "the CW gets at least 52% or more of the voters with preferences preferring them over anyone else." BetterVotingAdvocacy (talk) 21:40, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- If you want to refer to Condorcet methods feel free to add a section on that topic.
- I added the sentence: "In cases where only some pairwise counts are of interest, those pairwise counts can be displayed in a table with fewer table cells."
- Please note that this article is not intended to overlap with articles about Condorcet winners (CWs). Specifically not all vote-counting methods that use pairwise counting comply with the Condorcet criterion. VoteFair (talk) 04:57, 19 January 2020 (UTC)