Voting Systems
What is A voting system which say that the option with the most 1st place votes wins.
Does getting more votes mean you should win every seat?
What is No, it is important to know how the districts are drawn to get a conclusion. Also, the type of voting system matters
Is this map compact?
What is Yes.
What is your favorite voting system and why
Answers Vary
Who is Marjorie Lee Browne
What is a mathematics educator who was the first African-American woman to receive a PhD in Mathematics
Describe Borda Count
What is A voting system that awards points to each option depending on its ranking.
Raising a winner's ranking should never cause them to lose
What is Monotonicity - If a candidate becomes more favored by the voters, (by receiving higher rankings or more votes, this increased support should not decrease their chances. of winning.
What is a gerrymanderer (someone who gerrymanders)?
What is someone who is intentionally manipulating and redrawing voting district boundaries to give one political party or group an unfair advantage over another.
What is the term for the people who vote?
Which fellow is from New Orleans, Louisiana
What is Kiaha
Describe Dictatorship
What is A form of government where absolute power is held by a single person or a small, unchecked group
What are 2 fundamental rules that define a fair district.
What is Equal Population and Conectness
What is one way to combat or oppose gerrymandering?
What is making compact districts
Define "alternative" in terms of voting?
What is one of the things being voted on.
Which fellow is from Montgomery County, Maryland
What is Jordan
Describe Sequential Pairwise Voting with a Fixed Agenda
What is A voting system which uses an agenda for head-to-head competition of alternatives.
Pareto Fairness (If every single voter prefers Adele above Michael Jackson, then Michael Jackson cannot be a winner.)
What are 2 criteria for something to be “compact”?
What are:
Equal Population & Connectedness
How do we measure compactness when shaping districts? (name of the measure)
Cut Measure of Compactness
Which Fellow is from Franklin, North Carolina
What is Rachel
Describe Instant Runoff Voting
What is A voting system in which if someone's first choice is eliminated, their next choice becomes the first choice.
If one option beats every other option in head‑to‑head matchups, that option should win?
What is Condorcet Fairness (If Adele wins against everyone one‑on‑one, Adele should be the winner.)
List four descriptive words to describe a gerrymandered district.
Words can include: Snake-like, unequal, disconnected, manipulated, unrepresentative, noncompact, unfair.
This is a list of the alternatives in a particular order, from most preferred to least preferred.
What Fellows attend HBCU's
What is Adriana, T'Ausha, Tania, Kiaha, Taliah, Jasmyn, Jade