UK folks - The alternative vote...vote

EvilChuck · 04-25-2011, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CHCl3

Maybe this can help explain things.

Ok, I think I understand it now. In that video we assume that all people who voted for turtle all agreed with owl as being second. But in the real world, maybe 1% votes owl, 2% leopard and 2% tiger, which would mean the votes (minus turtle now) would stand as:

Gorilla 25%
Owl 26%
Leopard 32%
Tiger 17%

Yeah?

Burning Down · 04-25-2011, 07:01 PM

I wish we had something like that here! Our system sucks. Anyways, the alternative vote is also known as instant-runoff voting.

CHCl3 · 04-25-2011, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvilChuck

Ok, I think I understand it now. In that video we assume that all people who voted for turtle all agreed with owl as being second. But in the real world, maybe 1% votes owl, 2% leopard and 2% tiger, which would mean the votes (minus turtle now) would stand as:

Gorilla 25%
Owl 26%
Leopard 32%
Tiger 17%

Yeah?

You got it.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 04-25-2011, 10:28 PM

So if you want to vote for someone, you rank them first, and then you rank your preferences after that? Do they assign a numerical value to them, and then add them all up at the end?

First preference = 1 vote.
Second preference = 2 votes, etc.

Then the least votes wins?
It's like golf.

/Tragic misunderstanding

04-25-2011, 07:01 PM	#12 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	I wish we had something like that here! Our system sucks. Anyways, the alternative vote is also known as instant-runoff voting.

04-25-2011, 10:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	So if you want to vote for someone, you rank them first, and then you rank your preferences after that? Do they assign a numerical value to them, and then add them all up at the end? First preference = 1 vote. Second preference = 2 votes, etc. Then the least votes wins? It's like golf. /Tragic misunderstanding