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On 08/01/2012 03:17 PM, Matt Joyce wrote:
> You are assuming a binary set.
> 
> In the event that :
> 
> 25% vote for A
> 17% vote for B
> 35% vote for C
> 23% vote for D
> 
> If 35% the majority vote is 95% one block of individual, the loudest
> minority wins.  This is a problem.

We'll be using the Condorcet voting system, as we do for PTL and PPB
elections in the past. There is no 25% vote for A or B. There is a
matrix of preferences... Wikipedia explains it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method

A Condorcet method is any election method that elects the candidate that
would win by majority rule in all pairings against the other candidates,
whenever one of the candidates has that property.

hth
/stef