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Eric Pacuit · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · 2019

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Author: Eric Pacuit
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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EstablishedA Condorcet winner beats every other candidate in pairwise majority comparison. Condorcet (1785) observed that majority preferences can be cyclic, so such a winner may not exist; Condorcet methods differ in how they resolve cycles.