Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board result
On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 06:58:49PM +0100, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
> I hope it is on-topic here to note that options 1, 3, and 4 formed a
> Condorcet preference cycle. So these *do* occur in the wild! And not
> for low-ranked obscure options either.
>
> The winning option 7 has an arrow with a 1 on it to option 4, which is
> as razor-thin as you can get. If that arrow had been reversed (which
> could be done by switching the order of two adjacent options on TWO
> BALLOTS) the winning option would have been in an enormous preference
> cycle of FIVE (5) options!
The most likely winner in that case would option 4.
Kurt
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