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Voting Project-1
Voting Project-1
The Iowa Caucuses play an important role in American presidential elections. Imagine you live in Mason
City, Iowa and attend a Republican caucus for Precinct W1‐P2 at the Highland Golf Course. The meeting
organizers ask the voters to select their preferences for four candidates. The following preference
schedule summarizes the results of the poll.
Use this preference schedule to answer the following questions about various voting methods.
Vocabulary words in bold are defined in the Voting Theory section of Math 1030.
1. How many people voted? ___________100___________
2. Who wins by the Plurality Method?
Donald Trump________________________________________
3. Suppose we use Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). Remove the candidate with the least 1st choice votes and
show the preference schedule in the table below.
# of Voters 19 6 36 39
1st B B C T
2nd C C B C
3rd T T T B
4. Remove the candidate with the least 1st choice votes and show the preference schedule in the table
below.
5. Who wins by Instant Runoff Voting?
Ted Cruz___________________________________________
6. Calculate a Borda Count for each candidate.
B: ___205__________
C: ___272__________
R: ___306__________
T: ____217___________
7. Who wins by Borda Count? Marco Rubio
8. How many points does each candidate get using Copeland’s Method?
B: ___1___________
C: ____2__________
R: ___3___________
T: ____0__________
9. Who wins by Copeland’s Method? Marco Rubio
10. Is there a Condorcet Candidate? Yes or No
11. If so, who is the Condorcet Candidate? Marco Rubio