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Voter turnout — Voters lining up outside a Baghdad polling station during the 2005 Iraqi election. Voter turnout was considered high despite widespread concerns of violence … Wikipedia
Paradox of voting — This article is about the contention that an individual s vote will probably not affect the outcome. For the arguably irrational results that can arise in a collective choice among three or more alternatives, see Voting paradox. Part of the… … Wikipedia
Voting paradox — This article is about the arguably irrational results that can arise in a collective choice among three or more alternatives. For the contention that an individual s vote will probably not affect the outcome, see Paradox of voting. The voting… … Wikipedia
Median voter theorem — One possible model; here, if parties A and B want to catch the median voters, they should move towards the center. The red and blue areas represent the voters that A and B expect they have already captured. The median voter theory, also known as… … Wikipedia
voters' paradox — A problem (not strictly a paradox) in assessing majority preference, published by Edward John Nanson (1850–1936) in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1882, but anticipated by Condorcet . Suppose three citizens A, B, C … Philosophy dictionary
Condorcet, Marquis de — (1743–1794) French mathematician and social theorist. Condorcet was educated by Jesuits, and became the permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences, for which he was qualified by his mathematical writings, in 1776. The eulogies (Éloges ) for … Philosophy dictionary
Arrow's impossibility theorem — In social choice theory, Arrow’s impossibility theorem, the General Possibility Theorem, or Arrow’s paradox, states that, when voters have three or more distinct alternatives (options), no voting system can convert the ranked preferences of… … Wikipedia
game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision making problems, as those of military… … Universalium
Condorcet method — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner … Wikipedia
Comparison of instant runoff voting to other voting systems — This article is a comparison of various voting systems with Instant runoff voting (IRV), also called the Alternative Vote , preferential voting and ranked choice voting. Contents 1 Categories 2 Voting system criteria 3 Voting system results … Wikipedia
