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A ______________ is when a voter ranks candidates in order of their personal preference.
preference table
plurality
preference ballot
insincer voter
when a voter supports an undesired outcome to prevent an even less desired outcome
voting
insincere voting
sincere voting
plurality
A points system is used to determine the winner of this voting method. Voters must also rank the candidates from favorite to least favorite.
Plurality
Plurality with Elimination
Borda Count
Pairwise Comparison
The candidate with the MAJORITY of first place votes is the winner. If no candidate has a majority, then voting is carried out in rounds.
Plurality
Plurality with Elimination
Borda Count
Pairwise Comparison
the person who would win a two-candidate election against each of the other candidates in a plurality vote
Pairwise Comparison
Condorcet Candidate
Majority Candidate
majority criterion
states that if a candidate receives more than 50% of votes then that candidate must win
majority
majority criterion
condorcet candidate
condorcet criterion
no two candidates are in the same rank
majority
preference ballot
linear ballot
condorcet
Which of the following is another name for instant runoff?
Plurality
Borda Count
Plurality with Elimination
Pairwise Comparison
Which fairness criterion studied states that if choice X is a winner of an election, and in a reelection, the only changes in the ballot are in favor of X, then X should remain a winner of the election?
Majority
Condorcet
Monotonicity
Arrow's Impossibility
How many points does A have using the BORDA COUNT method (Give 4pts to 1st place, 3pts to 2nd place, 2pts to 3rd place and 1pt to 4th place.)
86
123
106
135
95
The process of choosing a candidate is called the election decision. Which voting method (aka election decision) do we use in the United States to vote for our president?
Condorcet Procedure
Ink Skink Sky Blue
Plurality
Hare Elimination
Parliamentary Procedure
Three people are running for office, two democrats and one republican candidate. Each democrat received 32% of the votes. What percent of the votes did the Republican receive to win the election if 100% of the voters participated in voting?
51%
33%
42%
68%
36%
Plurality can sometimes produce the least favorite candidate as a winner.
True
False
Use the preference schedule below. If Wilson dropped out of the race, who would win using Plurality?
Wilson
Roosevelt
Bugs Bunny
Taft
Can’t be Determined (Tie)
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