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Voting Procedures
Majority Rule
• Majority rule is when a vote gets over 50% of the votes.
MaJority rule & plurality voting • Majority rule:• The candidate who receives an absolute majority
( more than half the votes ) wins.
• Plurality voting:• Candidate who receives most votes wins.
candidate A B C# votes received
23 28 12
Example
Majority rule: No candidate wins
Plurality voting: Candidate B wins
Plurality voting
Votes Winning Option: Total Votes:
Option A: Poutine 8
Option B: New York 8
Option C: History 6
The candidate who receives the most votes wins.
Options: (A) Votes:
Pizza: 3
Poutine: 8
Chicken: 3
Ice cream: 4
Total: 18
Options: (B) Votes:
Paris: 2
London England:
2
Rome: 6
New York City:
8
Total: 18
Options: (C) Votes:
Gym: 5
Art/Music/Drama
4
Math: 3
History: 6
Total: 18
Borda count • Each voter ranks candidates by order of preference.• If there are n candidates n points will go to each voter’s
FIRST choice…• n -1 to their SECOND etc..• The candidate with the most points wins.
Borda Count • Borda Count is adding the amount based on the results.
18 14 12 101st choice (X3)
A B C C
2nd choice (X2)
B A A B
3rd choice (X1)
C C B A
Answers • A-(18 x 3)+(14 x 2)+(12 x 2)+(10 x 1)=116• B-(18 x 2)+(14 x 3)+(12 x 1)+(10 x 2)=110• C-(18 x 1)+(14 x 1)+(12 x 3)+(10 x 3)=98• A has more points so they are the winner
Condorcet method• Each voter ranks candidates by order of preference.• The candidate who defeats all other candidates one-on-
one wins.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtOCvFqIKk
Condorcet Method
Condorcet Method is the most preferred of the votes such as A-B, A-C, B-C and you compare to see who wins…..
18 14 12 101st choice A B C C2nd choice B A A B3rd choice C C B A
Answers • A vs B= A(18+12=30) - B(14+10=24)- A wins• A vs C= A(18+14=32) - C(12+10=22)- A wins• B vs C= B(18+14=32) - C(12+10=22)- B wins • A is most preferred so A is the winner.
Proportional representationUnder a proportional representation voting system, if 30% of voters support a particular party then roughly 30% of available seats will be won by that party.