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First question: who got the majority of votes? Second question: then who actually won? Hodge (Grand Valley State U.) and Klima work through the Majority Rule and May's Theorem to show how sometimes Election Night on television can be more confusing than Thanksgiving Day in a prison. They examine how "inconvenient candidates" relate to the Borda Count, how Condorcet figures in, what strange forces reside in the electoral college, what troubles abound in direct democracy, how apportionment has at least five methods, two named after presidents of all people, and how one person, one vote is a nice idea, but insert ellipses here. They include examples from real life, examples that are thankfully not from real life, and exercises with answers provided. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Tags: the mathematics voting and elections |
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