Method Algorithms
Borda count
It's a runoff
Condorcet
Arrow's Conditions
100
This method bases the winner on the choice with the most 1st place rankings.
What is the plurality method.
100
4 points for first ranking
What is the number of points assigned to 1st place ranking with 4 choices?
100
This method eliminates all but 2 choices in the first round.
What is the runoff method?
100
This is when A beats B, and B beats C, but C beats A.
What is the Condorcet paradox?
100
In this condition, voters should be able to indicate ties.
What is individual sovereignty?
200
This method's winner must have over half of the votes.
What is majority?
200
This is 81.
What is the Borda Count total for choice B?
200
Choice D was eliminated in this round of the preference schedule A under the sequential runoff method.
What is round 1?
200
This choice can beat all other choices in a one-on-one runoff.
What is choice A?
200
The Condorcet method violates this condition requiring group rankings to be transitive.
What is uniqueness of the group ranking?
300
This method multiplies the number of votes for each ranking by the number of points assigned to the ranking to find total points.
What is Borda count?
300
This is 67.
What is Borda count for choice D?
300
This choice was eliminated in round 2 using the sequential run off method.
What is B?
300
This is the method where 2 choices are selected in no particular order and the winner goes against the next choice until a winner is found.
What is Pairwise voting?
300
According to Unanimity, I should expect French to be ranked higher than this other cuisine in the group ranking.
What is Chinese?
400
The winner in this method must prove it can win against all other choices in a 1 to 1 contest.
What is the Condorcet method?
400
This is A.
What is the winner using Borda count?
400
This choice is eliminated in the runoff method because it has the fewest 1st rank votes.
What is choice D?
400
This is the number of one-on-one run offs that are possible when there are 4 choices using the Condorcet method.
What is 6?
400
This group ranking method is considered by experts to follow Arrow's Conditions the best.
What is approval voting?
500
This winner has probably been reassigned votes as each round eliminates one more choice.
What is sequential runoff method?
500
The Borda count for this choice is 2 points more than the Borda count for choice B.
What is choice C?
500
This is the sequential runoff and runoff winner.
What is choice A?
500
This is what happens often when using the Condorcet method of voting.
What is no winner?
500
This is the conclusion to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.
What is no method can satisfy all conditions all of the time?
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