Ranked pairs
Comparison table
The following table compares Ranked Pairs with other preferential single-winner election methods:

Ranked pairs

Section Title: Comparison table
Table Section Text: The following table compares Ranked Pairs with other preferential single-winner election methods:

vteComparison of Preferential Electoral Systems

Monotonic	Condorcet	Majority	Condorcet loser	Majority loser	Mutual majority	Smith	ISDA	LIIA	Clone independence	Reversal symmetry	Participation, Consistency	Later-no‑harm	Later-no‑help	Polynomial time	Resolvability

Schulze	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Ranked pairs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Alternative smith	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Alternative schwartz	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Kemeny-Young	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes

Copeland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No

Nanson	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Instant-runoff voting	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Borda	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Baldwin	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Bucklin	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Plurality	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Contingent voting	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Coombs	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

MiniMax	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Anti-plurality	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes

Sri Lankan contingent voting	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Supplementary voting	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Dodgson	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Sentence(s)

The ranked pairs method passes the majority criterion, the monotonicity criterion, the Smith criterion, the Condorcet criterion, the Condorcet loser criterion, and the independence of clones criterion.

final_sentence: The ranked pairs method passes the majority criterion, the monotonicity criterion, the Smith criterion, the Condorcet criterion, the Condorcet loser criterion, and the independence of clones criterion.