Question

Write out a voter preference schedule involving 19 voters and three candidates which shows that a candidate may have a majority of the first-place votes and NOT win a borda count election

Answer 1

@LunyMoony

Answer 2

I'm no politician haha

Answer 3

@Luigi0210

Answer 4

Its discrete mathematics. Its interesting and different than regular math

Answer 5

I would have to know how one who has the most votes not necessarily wins, and what makes a win if not by majority of votes I believe

Answer 6

its confusing.

Answer 7

Yeah, it is. It takes simple math, but adds politics to the mix. So I didn't, but I hope you know your American voting system.

Answer 8

yes and no lol

Answer 9

haha

Answer 10

I hate that they make it voting for math class like it sounds and looks like a simple math problem but when u actually do it its like whatttt.

Answer 11

so it's simply a case of the candidate A gets 8 votes, candidate B gets 6 votes and candicate C gets 5 votes...

then candidate C is eliminated and the votes for candidate C are distributed between A and B after looking at the 2nd preferences...

so if 5 people voted 1 for candidate C

if 4 or more of those 5 people voted for candidate B, then B wins the election

if 4 voted B as 2nd preference the count is A = 9 and B = 10

if 4 voted B as 2nd preference the count is A = 8 and B = 11

hope it makes sense

Answer 12

But thats the twist is because 19 is the number of total voters, majority has to be 10 or more for one of the candidates :/ @campbell_st

Answer 13

no the question says a candidate has a majority of 1st preference votes.... not a majority of all votes..

so if candidate A gets 8 values and B 6 votes, then A has the majority of 1st preference votes.

Answer 14

ohhhhh. Thank you so much!!!

Answer 15

but borda count looks at allocating points

1 point for a last place vote, 2 points for a 2nd place vote and 3 for a 1st place vote

here is an explanation and example I just found

http://www.ctl.ua.edu/math103/Voting/borda.htm