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voting paradox (Condorcet)

Marquis de Condorcet's observation regarding times when voters' collective preferences are cyclic, even when voters' individual preferences are not
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Facts

4 properties
Instance of
paradox, scientific theory[3]
Different from
Downs' paradox of voting[5]
Discoverer or inventor
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet[2]
Named after
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Condorcet paradox en voting paradox (Condorcet) cs Condorcetův volební paradox de Condorcet-Paradoxon de Problem der zyklischen Mehrheiten de Zirkelpräferenz de Condorcet-Paradox de Abstimmungsparadoxon es Paradoja de la elección es paradoja de Condorcet es Paradoja de la votación es Paradoja electoral fa پارادوکس کندورسه fi Condorcet’n paradoksi fr paradoxe de Condorcet he פרדוקס ההצבעה he פרדוקס קונדורסה hu Szavazási paradoxon it paradosso di Condorcet ja コンドルセのパラドックス
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Freebase ID
/m/080lx
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
voting-paradox
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
87909705
Namuwiki ID
투표의 역설
PhilPapers topic
condorcets-paradox
Quora topic ID
Voting-Paradox
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
10088-3

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Instance of 2
paradox, scientific theory
Created notable works 1
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet
Different from 1
Downs' paradox of voting
Discoverer or inventor 1
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet
Named after 1
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet
← Different from 1
Downs' paradox of voting
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Summary

voting paradox (Condorcet) is a paradox[1].

Related Entities

Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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