Condorcet criterion
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The Condorcet criterion is a voting system standard requiring that if a candidate would win every head-to-head contest against each other candidate, that candidate must be the overall election winner.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Condorcet method | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
social choice theory concept
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voting system criterion ⓘ |
| appliesTo | single-winner voting methods ⓘ |
| assessedBy | examining pairwise majority matrices ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Marquis de Condorcet's work on majority decisions ⓘ |
| assumes | voters submit preference rankings over candidates ⓘ |
| basedOn | pairwise majority preferences ⓘ |
| category |
electoral system criterion
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normative property of voting rules ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | Condorcet paradox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns | head-to-head contests between candidates ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | utility-based criteria in social choice ⓘ |
| defines | Condorcet winner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire | existence of a Condorcet winner in every election ⓘ |
| field |
social choice theory
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voting theory ⓘ |
| formalDefinition | If a candidate defeats every other candidate in pairwise majority contests, that candidate must be the unique winner ⓘ |
| goal | to ensure that broadly preferred candidates are elected ⓘ |
| implies | majority criterion ⓘ |
| influences | design of modern Condorcet methods ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Marquis de Condorcet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notSatisfiedBy |
Borda count
NERFINISHED
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instant-runoff voting ⓘ supplementary vote ⓘ |
| notSatisfiedBy | plurality voting ⓘ |
| originatedIn | 18th-century voting theory ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Condorcet method
NERFINISHED
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Condorcet winner ⓘ majority rule ⓘ pairwise comparison ⓘ |
| relevantFor | elections with three or more candidates ⓘ |
| requires | that a Condorcet winner, if it exists, must win the election ⓘ |
| satisfiedBy |
Black's method
NERFINISHED
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Copeland method NERFINISHED ⓘ Kemeny–Young method NERFINISHED ⓘ Minimax Condorcet method NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanson method NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranked Pairs NERFINISHED ⓘ Schulze method NERFINISHED ⓘ Tideman alternative methods that elect the Condorcet winner when one exists ⓘ |
| status | widely discussed standard in voting theory ⓘ |
| strongerThan | majority criterion ⓘ |
| usedToEvaluate |
consistency with majority preferences
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fairness of voting rules ⓘ |
| violatedBy | any rule that can elect a candidate beaten head-to-head by another candidate ⓘ |
| violatedWhen | a non-Condorcet winner is elected despite existence of a Condorcet winner ⓘ |
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