apportionment and voting Flashcards
apportionment determines _____
how many ppl a member of the house of representative will represent
it is dividing a a population into several parts
apportionment
the standard divisor is used to
determine the factor to be
divided to the population of
each state to determine the
_____
standard quota
the standard quota is used to determine the number of representatives per state using the ______
standard divisor
what type of ballot is used in the preference table
preference ballot
briefly explain plurality method of voting
vote once only
most vote wins
winning candidate does not need to have the majority vote which is 50 % which means its ok if below 50%
in plurality method of voting, what happens if there is a tie
special runoff election
alternative choices are not considered
briefly explain plurality with elimination without ranking
each person votes
most votes wins
if no candidates get majority vote = fewest vote get eliminated then new election (repeat until have winner)
what is the disadvantages of plurality with elimination without ranking
costly
time consuming
briefly explain the plurality with elimination with rank
eliminate candidate with fewest no. of 1st placed voters
2 or more alternatives tht hv same no. of 1st placed = eliminated
adjust ranking each time u eliminate
repeat until 2 candidates left = majority wins
how would u conduct the Borda count method of voting
list the rank and the points (rank 1 = 5 points and rank 5 = 1 point etc)
do for each candidates. calculate column by column
then the highest is ur winner
what method is used for pairwise comparison voting method
head-to-head method
compared one-to-one w e/o
what i the point system for pairwise comparison voting method
win = 1 pts
tie = 0.5 pts
loss = 0 pts
