A Condorcet method (English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/; French: [kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ]) is an election method that elects the candidate who wins a majority of the vote in every...

voting rule developed by Markus Schulze. The Schulze method is a Condorcet completion method, which means it will elect a majority-preferred candidate if...

A Condorcet winner (French: [kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ], English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/) is a candidate who would receive the support of more than half of the electorate in a...

systems, the Minimax Condorcet method is a single-winner ranked-choice voting method that always elects the majority (Condorcet) winner. Minimax compares...

election. It is a Condorcet method because if there is a Condorcet winner, it will always be ranked as the most popular choice. This method assigns a score...

minimizing the rate of such self-contradictions, are called Condorcet methods. Condorcet's paradox is a special case of Arrow's paradox, which shows that...

the most victories overall. Copeland's method has the advantage of being likely the simplest Condorcet method to explain and of being easy to administer...

developed what would later be known as Copeland's method, which is similar to Condorcet's method. Copeland's method was devised by Ramon Llull in his 1299 treatise...

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet (/kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/; French: [maʁi ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan nikɔla də kaʁita maʁki də kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ]; 17 September...

Smith set, sometimes called the top-cycle or Condorcet winning set, generalizes the idea of a Condorcet winner to cases where no such winner exists. It...

a single winner using ranked ballots. This method is Smith-efficient, making it a kind of Condorcet method, and uses the alternative vote (RCV) to resolve...

ranked-pairs procedure complies with the Condorcet winner criterion (and as a result is considered to be a Condorcet method). Ranked pairs begins with a round-robin...

runoff systems are not called majority voting, as this term refers to Condorcet-methods. There are two main groups of runoff systems, those in one group use...

city. This makes the election a center squeeze. By contrast, both Condorcet methods and score voting would return Nashville (the capital of Tennessee)...

of voters, that candidate must win. Some methods that comply with this criterion include any Condorcet method, instant-runoff voting, Bucklin voting, plurality...

affected by center-squeeze and vote splitting. Majority-rule (or Condorcet) methods are only rarely affected by spoilers, which are limited to rare situations...

methods that are called Nanson method and Baldwin method (also called Total Vote Runoff or TVR). Both methods are designed to satisfy the Condorcet criterion...

the Condorcet winner criterion. A voting system complying with the Condorcet loser criterion will never allow a Condorcet loser to win. A Condorcet loser...

are at most 3 major candidates, Minimax Condorcet and its variants (such as ranked pairs and Schulze's method) satisfy the participation criterion. However...

last by the most voters is eliminated. The method fails most voting system criteria, including Condorcet's majority criterion, monotonicity, participation...

The Webster method, also called the Sainte-Laguë method (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t.la.ɡy]), is a highest averages apportionment method for allocating...

system. Some quota-based apportionment methods also violate the rule, as can the randomized Condorcet method in cases of cyclic ties. The participation...

Condorcet method will converge on a single Condorcet winner, who will have the highest probability of being the best candidate. However, Condorcet's model...

winner; if no such winner is found, the method proceeds by finding the candidate who could be transformed into a Condorcet winner with the smallest number of...

situations where they are not forced. By contrast, majority-rule (Condorcet) methods of ranked voting uniquely minimize the number of spoiled elections...

Black's method is an election method proposed by Duncan Black in 1958 as a compromise between the Condorcet method and the Borda count. This method selects...

highest averages methods (also called divisor methods). By far the most common quota method are the largest remainders or quota-shift methods, which assign...

all Condorcet methods possess the median voter property in one dimension. It turns out that Condorcet methods are not unique in this: Coombs' method is...

positional methods (like plurality and Borda), and graded methods (like score and STAR voting). Most, but not all, election methods meeting the Condorcet criterion...

systems such as instant-runoff voting, the single transferable vote or Condorcet methods. The integer-valued ranks for evaluating the candidates were justified...