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Michael Schmahl wrote on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 06:48 PM UTC:
In response to 'no one''s comments, the Condorcet (MAM) voting method
will not 'split the vote' between the very-similar games pointed out by
Fergus.  The method satisfies the following criterion:

     [from http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~seppley/]
     independence of clone alternatives (ICA, promoted by TN Tideman): 

     If there is a subset of alternatives such that no voter ranks any
     alternative outside the subset between any alternatives in the
     subset, then the election outcome must not change if a strict subset

     of that subset is deleted from the votes and from the set of
     nominees. 

A sample election, where B and B' are the 'clones' (they may be from
the same party, or just be very similar in some way):

40%: A > B > B'
30%: B > B' > A
30%: B' > B > A

In a plurality voting system, such as you might be used to, A would win
over B and B'.  But in any Condorcet method, B would win, because B would
win in an election against any single opponent.

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