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Voting URL: http://www.sci.wsu.edu/math/Lessons/Voting/ Description: This site explains how votes are interpreted when one political candidate does not win a majority in an election. Topics addressed include plurality, run-offs, and the Borda method (named after 18th century Jean-Charles de Borda), a ranking system which assigns a certain number of points to each place. Includes examples. From the Washington State University Department of Mathematics. LII Topics: Politics, Voting Publisher: Washington State University Department of Mathematics Library of Congress Subject Headings: Elections Ranking and selection (Statistics) Voting -- Methodology LII Database Information: Record 21314 created by Maria Brandt on 04/24/2006 Last modification on 04/26/2006 Published: 04/27/2006 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21314 |
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