Mathematical structure of voting paradoxes
โ Scribed by Timothy N. Cason; Charles Noussair
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0938-2259
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
There is very little in the literature on the frequency with which voting paradoxes could be expected in the real world. The point of this note is to add a little, unfortunately very little, to this scant information and to suggest a method of getting more. One of the authors was on a search committ
One paradox of voting states that, in a general election, in which many citizens vote, the probability that a single voter can affect the outcome is so small that in general citizens have no rational reason for voting. However, if all citizens accept this reasoning, then none will vote, and so each