Condorcet paradox
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title:
Condorcet paradox
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In social choice theory, Condorcet's voting paradox is a fundamental discovery by the Marquis de Condorcet that majority rule is inherently self-contradictory. The result implies that it is logically impossible for any voting system to guarantee a winner will have support from a majority of voters: in some situations, a majority of voters will prefer A to B, B to C, and also C to A, even if every voter's individual preferences are rational and avoid self-contradiction. Examples of Condorcet's pa
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Self-contradiction of majority rule
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_paradox
date created:
2001-11-30T18:32:54Z
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2024-09-07T19:00:24Z
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