This paper has examined the relationship between social homogeneity measured by σ(p)=p <Subscript>1</Subscript> <Superscript>2</Superscript> + ... + p <Subscript>6</Subscript> <Superscript>2</Superscript> and the likelihood of Condorcet's paradox. Attention was restricted to three-candidate elections. It was shown first that the most general restriction on p vectors that produces a definite...</superscript></subscript></superscript></subscript>

The Borda Compromise states that, if one has to choose among five popular voting rules that are not Condorcet consistent, one should always give preference to the Borda rule over the four other rules. We assess the theoretical as well as the empirical support for the Borda Compromise. We find...