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There are many kinds of voting which involve the voters ranking their choices. The difference is in how those choices are resolved. You can get very different e

There are many kinds of voting which involve the voters ranking their choices. The difference is in how those choices are resolved. You can get very different election results depending on whether you do instant runoff voting, or use a condorcet method, or use borda count. They're all ranked voting, but they have very different properties.

juancampa 8y ago
Interesting, thanks for the clarification. I didn't realize how nuanced it can be. For example, when using the Condorcet method there's a chance of not having a winner. From wikipedia[1]: > This is sometimes called a Condorcet cycle or just cycle and can be thought of as Candidate Rock beating Candidate Scissors, Candidate Scissors beating Candidate Paper, and Candidate Paper beating Candidate Rock. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method