What happens to a voting system under the 'Condorcet Criterion' when circular preferences exist?

💡 Explanation

A majority cycle occurs in a voting system implementing the Condorcet Criterion, because the Condorcet Criterion is susceptible to intransitivity; therefore no single candidate wins a majority across all pairwise comparisons, rather than a unique winner emerging.

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