The Condorcet method is a voting system used to identify the candidate that would win a head-to-head competition against each of the other candidates. The candidate who wins all these comparisons, if such a candidate exists, is called the Condorcet winner.
Majority Criterion: A principle stating that if one candidate is preferred by a majority over every other candidate, they should win.
Schulze Method: An electoral system that selects a single winner using pairwise comparisons and can handle cycles.
Smith Set: The smallest group of candidates such that each member of the group beats every candidate outside the group in head-to-head comparisons.