Method Algorithms
this is the plurality winner in table 6
Who is KEY?
Another name for IRV
What is plurality with elimination?
Statements that seem like they should be true in a fair election
What is fairness criterion?
The minimum for a majority win in a contest having 5280 voters and 11 candidates
What is 2641?
Considering Borda count for Table 6, this is the number of points awarded for ELLE'S first place votes
What is 12 points?
Consider Table 5. In an Instant Runoff Vote, this candidate will be eliminated first
What is B?
When a person casts a ballot counter to their actual preference for strategic purposes
What is insincere voting?
The minimum plurality to win a contest having 18 voters and 4 candidates
What is 6?
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?
Considering Borda count for Table 5, this is the number of points awarded for candidate A's third place votes
What is 300?
Consider Table 6. In an Instant Runoff Vote, this candidate will inherit votes after the 1st round elimination
Who is KEY?
If voters change their votes to increase the preference for a candidate, it should not harm that candidate’s chances of winning
What is monotonicity?
Given the following individual preference ballots, this is the number of voters who prefer ACB...
ABC, ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, BCA, ACB, CAB, CAB, BCA, ACB, ACB
What is 4?
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?
In table 5, the Condorcet winner is...
What is none?
Consider Table 5 for this one. In round 2 of the Instant Runoff Vote (IRV), candidate D is eliminated; this candidate inherits the votes
What is A?
If a non-winning choice is removed from the ballot, it should not change the winner of the election.
What is The Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives (IIA) Criterion ?
The number of ways you can rank 5 candidates
What is 120?
This winner has probably been reassigned votes as each round eliminates one more choice.
What is Instant Runoff Vote (IRV) or plurality with elimination?
This is the final ranking according to Borda count for the preference schedule in Table 5.
What is choice D, C, A, B in order?
The IRV winner in Table 6
Who is FONT?
This theorem states, roughly, that it is not possible for a voting method to satisfy every fairness criteria that we’ve discussed
What is the Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem?
The number of ways 5 candidates may be ranked in a contest for President and Vice President
What is 20?