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{{Electoral systems}}
'''Coombs' method'''
Like instant runoff, Coombs' method candidate elimination and redistribution of votes cast for that candidate until one candidate has a majority of votes. However, unlike instant-runoff, each round eliminates the candidate rated last by the most voters (instead of first by the fewest voters).<ref name="Grofman" />
The method
==Procedures==
Each voter rank-orders all of the candidates on their ballot. Otherwise, the candidate ranked last by the largest number ([[plurality (voting)|plurality]]) of voters is eliminated, making each individual round
In some sources, the elimination proceeds regardless of whether any candidate is ranked first by a majority of voters, and the last candidate to be eliminated is the winner.<ref>Pacuit, Eric, [https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2017/entries/voting-methods/ "Voting Methods"], ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (Fall 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)</ref> This variant of the method can result in a different winner than the former one (unlike in instant-runoff voting, where checking to see if any candidate is ranked first by a majority of voters is only a shortcut that does not affect the outcome).
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== In practice ==
The voting rounds used in the [[reality television]] program ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'' could be considered a variation of Coombs' method
Like [[anti-plurality voting]], Coombs' rule is extremely vulnerable to strategic voting. As a result, it is
This results in a [[Keynesian beauty contest|Keynesian beauty pageant]] that is extremely sensitive to minor variations in the perceived strengths of candidates.
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