At times a group of people, with differing and inconsistent opinions, must come together to make a decision between several options. This happens in business, it happens in social organizations, and ...

Public Choice, Vol. 72, No. 2/3 (1991), pp. 213-236 (24 pages) This paper explores the relationship between Condorcet and Jefferson to gain insight into the early development of social choice theory.

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Approval voting allows each voter to vote for as many candidates as he wishes in an election but not cast more than one vote for each candidate of whom he approves. If there is a strict Condorcet ...