Condorcet method

A Condorcet method (English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/) is an election method that elects the candidate that would win a majority of the vote in all of the head-to-head elections against each of the other candidates, whenever there is such a candidate. A candidate with this property is called the Condorcet winner.↓ 2 Wins↓ 1 Win A Condorcet method (English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/) is an election method that elects the candidate that would win a majority of the vote in all of the head-to-head elections against each of the other candidates, whenever there is such a candidate. A candidate with this property is called the Condorcet winner. A Condorcet winner does not always exist in every election because the preference of a group of voters selecting from more than two options can be cyclic — that is, it might happen that each candidate might have an opponent who would win a majority of the votes in a two-candidate contest. (This is similar to the game rock–paper–scissors, where each hand shape wins against only one opponent and loses to another). The possibility of such cyclic preferences in a group of voters is known as the Condorcet paradox. Also, the Condorcet winner is not necessarily the utilitarian winner (the one which maximizes social welfare). Condorcet voting methods are named for the 18th-century French mathematician and philosopher Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, the Marquis de Condorcet, who championed such voting systems.