Voting Methods

Question 1

What is the extended plurality voting method?

Answer 1

The extended plurality voting method is ranking the candidates with the most first-choice votes received

Question 2

What is a majority?

Answer 2

A majority is more than half of the population vote or 51%

Question 3

What is the majority criterion?

Answer 3

If there is a majority candidate in the election, then that candidate should be the winner

Question 4

What are the steps for the instant runoff voting method?

Answer 4

Count the amount of first-choice votes for each candidates, if the candidate has the majority of first-choice votes, then the candidate is the winner. However, If a candidate does not have the majority first-choice votes, the candidate with the lowest amount of first-choice votes gets eliminated and the first-choice votes gets recounted to see if a candidate gets the majority of first-choice votes

Question 5

What is the borda count method?

Answer 5

Each last-choice vote a candidate receives is worth 1 pt, the second to last-choice vote is worth 2 pts, Nth candidate receives the nth worth of pts, the candidate with the highest pts is declared the winner

Question 6

What is the pairwise comparisons method?

Answer 6

Each pair of candidates go into a head to head competition, the winner of the competition receives 1 pt, if there is a tie both candidates get 1/2 a pt, the candidate with the highest total amounts of pts is the winner.

Question 7

What is the I.I.A criterion?

Answer 7

If a non-winning candidate drops out of the election the previous winning candidate should still win the election.