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by tunesmith 1820 days ago
I mean it's a disservice to communicating and messaging about Condorcet by making it seem more complicated than it is. There are countless Condorcet variants, of various complexity. To look at the complexity of those variants and paint with a broad brush by saying that "Condorcet is complicated" does a disservice to the aim of seeking broader acceptance of Condorcet.

An example is that the Condorcet Method (identifying the usually single-winner Smith Set) is not subject to the same various "voting flaws" that the various tie breaking mechanisms are. But then the community is happy to say that Condorcet is flawed along those lines when it's not.