====================================================================== SOURCE FILE: bv2137_ywckmg_ranked_robin.yaml TABULATED FILE: bv2137_ywckmg_ranked_robin_tabulated.txt ====================================================================== election_title: "Center Squeeze — Ranked Robin (Copeland): the Condorcet winner survives" scenario_description: |- One of four races in the Center Squeeze election (BV2137, bvid ywckmg; BV-confirmed). 100 voters, three candidates, ONE ranked electorate tabulated four ways. Anderson is the Condorcet winner (beats Reagan 55–45, Carter 65–35) but holds the fewest first-choices (20). Ranked Robin counts head-to-heads: Anderson beats BOTH rivals, so RR → Anderson — the Condorcet winner IRV threw away. bv_test_id: BV2137 bv_election_id: ywckmg bv_results_url: https://bettervoting.com/ywckmg/results paradoxes: [condorcet-winner] voting_method: RankedRobin num_winners: 1 lot_numbers: [Anderson, Carter, Reagan] ballots: |- 45:Reagan>Anderson>Carter 20:Anderson>Carter>Reagan 35:Carter>Anderson>Reagan expected_winners: - Anderson ====================================================================== TABULATION RESULTS ====================================================================== --- Ranked Robin (RCV-RR / Copeland) Method (single winner) --- Tabulating 100 ballots (ranked ballots). Ballots: 45 × Reagan > Anderson > Carter 20 × Anderson > Carter > Reagan 35 × Carter > Anderson > Reagan Round-Robin — every pair, head-to-head (For – Against): Anderson beats Reagan 55 – 45 Carter beats Reagan 55 – 45 Anderson beats Carter 65 – 35 --- Pairwise (Round-Robin) Matrix --- Head-to-head / pairwise comparison — the Ranked Robin tally Legend: For - Equal Support - Against (row vs column) | Reagan | Anderson | Carter | --------------------------------------------------------- Reagan > | --- |45 - 0 - 55 |45 - 0 - 55 | Anderson > | 55 - 0 - 45 | --- |65 - 0 - 35 | Carter > | 55 - 0 - 45 |35 - 0 - 65 | --- | Win–loss record — Copeland score = wins + ½·ties (highest score wins; ties broken by total margin, then lot order): # Candidate W–L–T Copeland Margin Beats 1 Anderson 2–0–0 2 +40 Carter, Reagan 2 Carter 1–1–0 1 -20 Reagan 3 Reagan 0–2–0 0 -20 — Winner — Ranked Robin (RCV-RR): Anderson beats every opponent head-to-head — the Condorcet winner. --- Smith Set (the generalized Condorcet winner) --- The smallest group whose every member beats every candidate outside it — the honest answer to "who is even in contention?". Smith set (1 of 3): Anderson Outside (2): Reagan, Carter One member ⇒ Anderson is the Condorcet winner, beating every rival head-to-head. Ranked Robin (RCV-RR) winner Anderson is INSIDE the Smith set. ✓ Guaranteed: Ranked Robin (Copeland) is Smith-efficient — every member of the set outscores every outsider, so the top of the win–loss table is always inside the set, however the tie among them is then broken. More: 07_Concepts/topics/smith_set.md