Apportionment and voting Flashcards
dividing up a fixed number of things among groups of different sizes
Apportionment
method for a group, meeting, or an electorate to make a collective decision or express an opinion, usually following discussions, debates, or election campaigns
Voting
Methods of apportionment
Hamilton plan
Jefferson Plan
Huntington-Hill apportionment principle
the total population is divided by the standard divisor or representatives of a certain number of citizens
The Hamilton Plan
is the total population/ people to apportion
Standard Divisor (SD)
the sub-group population/ standard divisor
Standard Quota (SQ)
Uses a modified standard divisor (MD) that yields the correct number of representatives by trial and error so that the sum of SQs is equal to the number of representatives
MD is always less than the standard divisor.
The Jefferson Plan
when there is a choice of adding one representative to a number of sub-groups, it should be added to the sub-group with highest __________ number
The Huntington-Hill Apportionment Principle
Theory of the mathematics of voting
First half is voting; second half is counting
process of voting where the voter ranks the choices in order of preference
uses preference table to show results
Preference Ballot
what does prefernce ballotuse to show results
Preference table
Methods of voting
plurality
borda count
plurality elimination
pairwise comparison
candidate with the most first place votes is the winner, does not need to have the majority of votes
Plurality Method
ranks all the candidates, and each candidate receives n points for each vote depending on its corresponding rank.
Borda Count Method
a.k.a IRV or instant runoff method
the candidate that receives the majority of votes is the winner
if no candidate has the majority then the one with fewest vote is eliminated and another election is held, this goes on until someone gets the majority
Plurality Elimination Method
