Voting Flashcards
Voting is the action of inducing a…
choice of opinion through a ballot.
It is an essential element in a democratic government.
Voting.
Voting is important to…
gather the group consensus.
Minority is more than 50% of the population.
Majority.
The Constitution.
Filipino citizens, regardless of literacy, have the right to exercise suffrage.
Suffrage = the right to vote in political elections.
Preference ballot.
List of candidates in order of preference from first to last.
Preference schedule.
Table which summarizes results of all individual preference ballot for an election.
List the 4 voting methods.
- Plurality Method
- Plurality with Elimination
- Borda Count Method
- Pairwise Comparison Method
Voting method used in the Philippines.
Plurality Method.
How is the winner determined in the Plurality Method?
By who has the most number of votes/most first choice votes.
Plurality is synonymous to majority.
False.
What is the other name for Plurality with Elimination.
Instant Runoff.
Plurality with Elimination.
Eliminate candidates with fewer 1st choice votes until one gets a majority.
3 steps in Plurality with Elimination.
- Count 1st place votes, and if no majority, eliminate the candidate with the least 1st place votes
- Check for majority. Otherwise, eliminate again. Transfer votes of eliminated candidates to the next eligible candidate
- Repeat steps 1 and 2, and when 2 candidates remain, the candidate with most votes wins
Borda Count Method.
If there are n candidates in an election, each candidate is voted with n points to their 1st choice, n-1 points to his 2nd choice, and so on. The candidate with the least preferred choice votes receives 1 point.
