Voting Dissection
The different polls for different goals. What Method would be best suited (by you)if you were ever running for an office of power?1. Condorcet's Method: In this system, each candidate is coupled with all others on a one-to-one or paired match-up. The ballot necessary to list all pairings would be absurdly cumbersome and confusing (and laborious for voters).Results can be paradoxical.
2. Borda Count: Voters rank all candidates from first place to last. A voter's first choice is awarded a number of points usually equal, but often less than, the number of candidates. The second place receives one less point than the first, and so on. Points are totaled and the highest number wins.
3. Plurality Voting: Each voter chooses one candidate, and the candidate with the most votes win(regardless of whether the winner commands a majority).
4. Approval Voting: Voters give a single point to as many candidate as they consider acceptable, and the candidate with the most point wins. This process often leads to electing the least objectionable leader.
5. Cumulative Voting: This system allots every voter as many votes as there are candidates.A voter can distribute these votes among several candidates or cast all of them for a single candidate.
6. Instant Run-Off Voting: Voters rank candidates and whoever gets the fewest first-place votes is automatically eliminated. The first-place vote of anyone who voted for the losing candidate is awarded for the voters second choice. The process continues until one candidate gains majority.
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