Schulze Method Results
<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.ssd_result %>
About the Schulze Method
The <%= link_to "Schulze method",
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method" %> is a preferential
voting system. It is based on the Condorcet method but includes a set of
methods for resolving "circular" defeats.
The Schulze method is also known as Schwartz Sequential Dropping
(SSD), Cloneproof Schwartz Sequential Dropping (CSSD), Beatpath Method,
Beatpath Winner, Path Voting, and Path Winner.
Plurality Results
<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.plurality_result %>
About Plurality Voting
<%= link_to "Plurality voting",
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_electoral_system" %> selects the
winner who has received the most "number one" votes, regardless of
whether or not he or she has a majority of votes.
Plurality voting is also variously referred to as, "first past the
post," "winner-take-all," "majoritarian" or "simple majority"
voting.
Approval Result
(This algorithm assumes that top two choices are "approved.")
<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.approval_result %>
About Approval Voting
<%= link_to "Approval voting",
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting" %> is a voting system in
which each voter can vote for as many or as few candidates as the voter
chooses. Approval voting is a limited form of range voting, where the
range that voters are allowed to express is extremely constrained:
accept or not.
Simple Condorcet Results
<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.condorcet_result %>
About Simple Cordorcet Voting
<%= link_to "Condorcet",
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method" %> allows voters to rank
candidates in order of preference. If there is a choice whom voters
prefer to each other choice when compared to one at a time, that choice
will be the winner.
There is a family of Condorcet methods. This method is referred to as
"Simple Condorcet" to distinguish it from the Schulze method which is
another Condorcet system.
Borda Count Results
<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.borda_result %>
About Borda Count
<%= link_to "Borda count",
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borda_count" %>
is an election method in which voters rank
candidates in order of preference. The Borda count determines the winner
of an election by giving each candidate a certain number of points
corresponding to the position in which he or she is ranked by each
voter. Once all votes have been counted the candidate with the most
points is the winner.
Instant Runoff (IRV) Results
About Instant Runoff Voting
<%= link_to "Instant runoff voting",
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Runoff_Voting" %> is an electoral
system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. In an IRV
election, if no candidate receives an overall majority of first
preferences the candidates with fewest votes are eliminated one by one,
and their votes transferred according to their second and third
preferences (and so on), until one candidate achieves a majority.
Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is also known as the Alternative Vote (AV) and
by several other names.