Posted on February 3rd, 2016 by giovani
There is no best voting method. You can always find a specific situation where a given voting method produces the wrong result. However, whereas in general there is no perfect voting method, in practice there are voting methods that can be worse or better for you and your organization. Here are a few suggestions to […]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2016 by giovani
The Condorcet method is the most sophisticated voting method. Here, we will just give an informal description and a few examples. Condorcet method is a pairwise election method where each candidate runs against all the others separately, and one counts the “defeats” X/Y, i.e. the number of times candidates X beats candidates Y versus the […]
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Posted on December 13th, 2015 by giovani
This is the voting method everybody is familiar with: the voter just selects the option he/she likes the most. The final result is computed according to the number of votes received for each candidate and the results are displayed in terms of percentages. The single preference voting method is clear, simple and easy to grasp: […]
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Posted on November 13th, 2015 by giovani
Approval Voting is the simplest multiple preference voting method. The voter just lists the options he/she likes in any order. At the end, the number of preferences for each candidate is counted and displayed in terms of percentages. Approval method is easy to explain and to grasp, but restricts the voter expressiveness in the sense […]
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Posted on June 13th, 2015 by giovani
Borda Voting is the simplest ordinal voting method. It is also a rating method, since each candidate gets rated with a numbered ranking. The elector lists the options he/she likes in a specific order, and each option gets a score according to its position. Options listed first get a higher score, so you may specify […]
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