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Tideman alternative method
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<p>The Tideman Alternative method, also called[<i>by whom?</i>] <a href="/facts/Alternative_vote/td1Q35Wg">Alternative</a>-<a href="/facts/Smith_set/t5upwUmp">Smith</a> voting, is a <a href="/facts/Electoral_systems/e6zvx3Bo">voting rule</a> developed by <a href="/facts/Nicolaus_Tideman/uTRNbPJp">Nicolaus Tideman</a> which selects a single winner using <a href="/facts/Ranked_voting/z91UKPCs">ranked ballots</a>. This method is <a href="/facts/Smith_criterion/9pjF4olQ">Smith</a>-efficient, making it a kind of <a href="/facts/Condorcet_method/VrPQLCz2">Condorcet method</a>, and uses the <a href="/facts/Instant-runoff_voting/td1Q35Wg">alternative vote</a> (<a href="/facts/Instant-runoff_voting/td1Q35Wg">RCV</a>) to resolve any <a href="/facts/Condorcet_paradox/PXuWT0jl">cyclic ties</a>. </p>