Coombs' method: Difference between revisions

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* In the first round, no candidate has an absolute majority of first place votes (51).

* Memphis, having the most last place votes (26+15+17=58), is therefore eliminated.

* In the second round, Memphis is out of the running, and so must be factored out. Memphis was ranked first on Group A's ballots, so the second choice of Group A, Nashville, gets an additional 42 first place votes, giving it an absolute majority of first place votes (68 versus 15+17=32) andthus making it thus the winner. Note that the last place votes are disregarded in the final round.

Note that although Coomb's method chose the [[Condorcet winner]] here, this is not necessarily the case.