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VOTING METHODS 2 Introduction Scholars and practitioners alike in the field of mathematics have for eons now argued that voting systems are based on mathematical principles which help define and estimate voter patterns. Every election procedure is marked by a voter casting ballots for their specific candidate. The ballots are then counted after which the candidates are ranked based on the number of votes. There are numerous voting methods applied in modern-day society although the topmost include majority, pairwise comparisons, and plurality with elimination methods. The subsequent essay presents an expository analysis of the aforementioned methods under the auspice of the thesis that they improve the validity and reliability of ballot counts. Individual Method Analysis (a) Majority Voting Method The majority voting method emphasizes that the candidate of choice has to receive more than 50% of the vote in order to be declared the winner. The method is fairly simple with the Borda Count (Point System) being applied in most instances. The system requires every place on the preference ballot to have an assigned point. For instance, the 4 th choice in table 1 below gets 1 point, while the 3 rd choice gets 2 points, the 2 nd choice gets 3 points and the 1 st choice gets 4 points. The value for each place is multiplied by the number of voters at the top of the column to identify the points that every candidate or preference won. The points for every candidate are then totaled up.
VOTING METHODS 3 Table 1: Preferences Now, using the Borda Count method, the below calculations can be derived: Column 1 Twitter (T): (number of votes) 3*4 (number of points)= 12 points Instagram (M): 3*3= 9 points Snapchat (S): 3*2= 6 points Tiktok (K): 3*1= 3 points Column 2 Twitter (T): (number of votes) 11*3(number of points)= 33 Instagram (M): 11*1= 11 Snapchat (S): 11*4= 44 Tiktok (K): 11*2= 22 Column 3 Twitter (T): (number of votes) 8*3 (number of points)= 24 Instagram (M): 8*4= 32 Snapchat (S): 8*2= 16 Tiktok (K): 8*1= 8 Column 4
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