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Full Footnotes: 1. A third class, utilitarian methods, attempts to account for voters'
intensity of judgments about or direct valuations of all candidates.
These are more complicated and much less often used than the methods
discussed. See Riker (1982) for further details.
2. The Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), like his contemporary Borda, was a French nobleman and mathematician. For a brief introduction see http://www.history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Condorcet.html. Condorcet proposed pairwise comparison as a fair method of election with more than two candidates even though it might not produce a winner.
3. Jean Charles de Borda (1733-1799), like his contemporary Condorcet, was a French nobleman and mathematician who pursued a military career. For a brief introduction see http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Borda.html. Borda countered Condorcet's method of fair elections with his own ranking system. He and Condorcet vigorously disputed the merits of their respective systems.
2. The Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), like his contemporary Borda, was a French nobleman and mathematician. For a brief introduction see http://www.history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Condorcet.html. Condorcet proposed pairwise comparison as a fair method of election with more than two candidates even though it might not produce a winner.
3. Jean Charles de Borda (1733-1799), like his contemporary Condorcet, was a French nobleman and mathematician who pursued a military career. For a brief introduction see http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Borda.html. Borda countered Condorcet's method of fair elections with his own ranking system. He and Condorcet vigorously disputed the merits of their respective systems.