Talk:Condorcet loser criterion

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FPTP only 'fails' this criterion because is does not have formal ranking of candidates. It is therefore subjective to say that therefore FPTP fails this criterion, as it would be more accurate to say that FPTP does not pass due to the criterions inapplicability. --jrleighton 04:35, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

FPTP is equivalent to a rank ballot method in which equal ranking is disallowed and only the top preference of each ballot is regarded, so that the candidate is elected who is the first preference on the greatest number of ballots. This is how e.g. Woodall analyzes it. I don't see what can be gained by analyzing it differently. KVenzke 23:50, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
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