Voting

Question 1

This is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates, or election campaigns.

Answer 1

Voting

Question 2

Democracies elect holders of high office by _______

Answer 2

Voting

Question 3

A sacred right and power that citizens in a democratic country exercise to select their leaders.

Answer 3

Voting

Question 4

List of choices of an individual

Answer 4

Ballot

Question 5

Is a ballot which the voter ranks
the choices in order of
preference.

Answer 5

Preference Ballot

Question 6

A table that provides information the number and how voter would rank the alternatives if their first choice was unsuccessful

Answer 6

Preference Schedule

Question 7

What are the Methods of Voting?

Answer 7

1. Plurality Method
   - a. Plurality Elimination without Rank
   - b. Plurarity Elimination with Rank
2. Borda Count Method
3. Pairwise Comparison Method

Question 8

The candidate with the most votes wins

Answer 8

Plurality Method

Question 9

The winning candidate does not have to
have the majority vote (More than 50%
of the total vote)

Answer 9

Plurarity Method

Question 10

Alternative choices are not considered

Answer 10

Plurarity Method

Question 11

Candidates who get the majority vote wins

Answer 11

Plurarity with Elimination w/o Rank

Question 12

The process repeats until a winner is declared

Answer 12

PLURALITY WITH ELIMINATION W/O RANK

Question 13

Limitation: expensive and time consuming

Answer 13

PLURALITY WITH ELIMINATION W/O RANK

Question 14

Instant Runoff Method

Answer 14

PLURALITY WITH ELIMINATION WITH RANK

Question 15

Eliminate the candidate with the
fewest number of first-place voters

Answer 15

PLURALITY WITH ELIMINATION WITH RANK

Question 16

● If there are n candidates or issues in an election, each voter ranks the candidates or issues by giving;
● – n points to the voter’s first choice
● – n-1 points to the second choice and so
on

Answer 16

BORDA COUNT METHOD OF VOTING

Question 17

The candidate with the greatest total
points will win.

Answer 17

BORDA COUNT METHOD OF VOTING

Question 18

Each candidate is compared one-on-one with each other (Head-to-Head method).

Answer 18

PAIRWISE COMPARISON VOTING METHOD

Question 19

The candidate with the greatest number of points wins the elections.

Answer 19

PAIRWISE COMPARISON VOTING METHOD

Question 20

A candidate receives ___ point for a win, ___ points for a tie, and ___ point for a loss.

Answer 20

one point, 0.5 points, 0 point

Question 21

What are the 4 Fairness Criterion?

Answer 21

1. Majority criterion
2. Monotonicity criterion
3. Condorcet criterion
4. Independence of irrelevant alternatives criterion

Question 22

If there is a candidate that has
majority of first-place votes, then that candidate is the winner of the election

Answer 22

Majority criterion

Question 23

If candidate A is a winner of an
election and, in a re-election, all changes in the ballots are changes favorable only to A, then candidate A is the winner of the election

Answer 23

Monotonicity criterion

Question 24

If there is a candidate that is
preferred by the voters over each of the other candidates (all possible head-to- head matchups), then that candidate is the winner of the election

Answer 24

Condorcet Criterion

Question 25

If candidate A is a winner of an election, and (or more) of the other choices is disqualified/withdraw and the ballots recounted, then candidate A is still the winner

Answer 25

Independence of irrelevant alternatives criterion

Question 26

There is no voting method involving three or more choices that satisfies all four fairness criteria.

Answer 26

ARROW’S IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM

Question 27

It was proposed by Kenneth Arrow in his 1951 bookSocial Choice and Individual Values

Answer 27

ARROW’S IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM