Supervisor: Andrew Myers <>
Announced end of poll: Nov 12
Poll has not yet ended.
This is a public poll.
Actual votes cast: 10
Number of winning choices:
Condorcet completion rule:    (What is this?)
Minimax
CIVS Ranked Pairs
Schulze/Beatpath
MAM
Condorcet-IRV
Proportional

Poll description

What is a good name for the following voting system?

Voters rank the choices. Voters as a whole prefer candidate A over candidate B when there are more ballots on which A is ranked higher than B than the reverse. A candidate who is preferred over each other candidate is elected.

Result

1. Pairwise preference voting  (Not defeated in any contest vs. another choice)
2. Condorcet voting, loses to Pairwise preference voting by 5–2
3. Comparative voting, loses to Pairwise preference voting by 4–3
4. Preferential voting, loses to Comparative voting by 5–2
5. Majority preference, loses to Preferential voting by 4–3
6. Ranked-choice voting, loses to Majority preference by 4–3
7. Consensus voting, loses to Ranked-choice voting by 5–2
8. Round-robin voting, loses to Consensus voting by 4–1
9. Head-to-head voting, loses to Round-robin voting by 3–2
10. Public preference voting, loses to Round-robin voting by 3–2
11. Pairwise voting, loses to Head-to-head voting by 3–1
12. Majority choice, loses to Pairwise voting by 4–2
13. Common ground voting, loses to Majority choice by 3–1
14. Approval voting, loses to Common ground voting by 2–1

For simplicity, some details of the poll result are not shown. 

Result details

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1. Pairwise preference voting   -5 4 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 4 6 6 6
2. Condorcet voting   2 -4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
3. Comparative voting   3 4 -5 3 4 5 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
4. Preferential voting   4 4 2 -4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 6 6
5. Majority preference   4 3 4 3 -4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
6. Ranked-choice voting   3 4 2 3 3 -5 4 3 3 4 5 5 6
7. Consensus voting   2 3 2 3 4 2 -4 4 3 4 4 4 4
8. Round-robin voting   0 2 1 2 2 3 1 -3 3 2 3 3 3
9. Head-to-head voting   1 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 -3 3 5 5 5
10. Public preference voting   1 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 -3 5 5 5
11. Pairwise voting   1 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 -4 5 5
12. Majority choice   1 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 -3 3
13. Common ground voting   0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 -2
14. Approval voting   0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 -

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