You are confusing «measuring the winner» and "establishing the winner". And making the "measurement" a reflection of the "establishing procedure" in fact voids

You are confusing «measuring the winner» and "establishing the winner". And making the "measurement" a reflection of the "establishing procedure" in fact voids the meaning of said measurement. Intrinsically it was there; by reducing it to the establishing procedure you have simply voided a meaning you do not see. (But more to the issue, your parallel with "scientific experiments" requires much more justification.)