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Lab 6: Voting and Social Choice
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Plurality method Plurality with Runoff Sequential Runoff Borda Count Condorcet Method One more time Make Your Own Preference Schedule Weighted Voting Systems |
This lab will demonstrate how different voting schemes can elect different candidates. You will compute the winners of a fictional election under the following five voting schemes:
| Section I | : Plurality method |
| Section II | : Plurality with runoff |
| Section III | : Sequential runoff |
| Section IV | : Borda count |
| Section V | : Condorcet method |
Once you have mastered these concepts and practiced them again in One more time, you will enter your own preference schedule and determine the winner using the methods listed above:
| Section VI | : Make Your Own Preference Schedule |
The second part of this lab will cover weighted voting systems. You will learn how to calculate the Banzhaf power index and determine which weighted voting systems are "fair"
| Section VII | : Weighted Voting Systems |