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Another usage in social choice theory is the Ranked Pairs voting method. Although usually defined by a procedure that constructs the order of finish, Ranked Pairs is equivalent to finding which of all possible orders of finish is best according to a minlexmax comparison of the majorities they reverse. In the example above, the Ranked Pairs order of finish is ABCD (which elects A). ABCD affirms the majorities who rank A over B, A over C, B over C and C over D, and reverses the majorities who rank D over A and D over B. The largest majority that ABCD reverses is 65%. The only other ordering that wouldn't reverse a larger majority is BACD (which also reverses 65%). ABCD is a better order of finish than BACD because the lexically relevant set of majorities—the majorities on which ABCD and BACD disagree—is {A over B} and BACD reverses the largest majority in this set.