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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf social choice theory concept
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
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
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
instant-runoff voting
supplementary vote
notSatisfiedBy plurality voting
originatedIn 18th-century voting theory
relatedConcept Condorcet method NERFINISHED
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
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
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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Borda count violatesProperty Condorcet criterion
Borda count relatedTo Condorcet criterion
this entity surface form: Condorcet method