An empirical example of the Condorcet paradox of voting in a large electorate

摘要: Social choice theory suggests that the occurrence of cyclical collective preferences should be a widespread phenomenon, especially in large groups decision-makers. However, empirical research has so far failed to produce evidence existence many real-world examples such, and none electorates. This paper demonstrates real majority poll Danish voters' preferred prime minister, using pair-wise comparisons. result is compared with those similar poll, but by different voting methods, each resulting choices. The example reality importance institutions.