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no_condorcet_bv2138 — one electorate, no Condorcet winner, five winners

Robert LeGrand's flagship "the method decides everything" example from his ranked-ballot calculator, reproduced on BetterVoting (election cxrf8v, Test ID BV2138). 921 voters rank five candidates with no Condorcet winner (Smith set = Abby, Brad, Dave, Erin); across ~15 methods the win splits five ways.

Read the lesson: bv2138_cxrf8v_no_condorcet.md — the five-way split, the LH-vs-BetterVoting Ranked Robin tiebreak divergence, and which methods BetterVoting can and can't run.

Race Method Winner Read · run
IRV (Hare) RCV-IRV Dave page · .yaml
STV, 1 seat STV Dave page · .yaml
Ranked Robin Copeland Abby (LH) / Brad (BV) — tiebreak divergence page · .yaml
STAR STAR (ranks→scores) Brad page · .yaml

Full field (Cora, Erin also win under other methods): see the lesson page. Up: method_comparisons · sibling: center_squeeze_bv2137 · field guide: ranked-ballot method zoo