MA 111 Midterm: Exam Study Notes at UKY
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A ballot is one voters ranked list of all the candidates being voted on. Preference schedule counts how many ballots of each ballot type. It"s the candidate with the most first place votes. Doesn"t really get more than 50% of 1st place votes. If they get more than 50% of the votes they are the majority candidate. Brad: 2(3) + 2(3) + 6(2) + 3(1) + 7(2) + 6(1) =47. Carrie: 2(2) + 2(1) + 6(3) + 3(3) + 7(1) + 6(2) =52. Annie: 2(1) + 2(2) + 6(1) + 3(2) + 7(3) + 6(3) =57. Cloning : candidates recruits lots of candidates similar to another candidate. Instant runoff : looks at first place votes alone. Ballot type : an ordered list of candidates, and many people can submit the same ballot type. Preference schedule : counts how many ballots of each ballot type there are. 17 d a c b c d a d c.
