Eric C

Voting Paradox

Natalie Hobson SSU

12/6/22

They talked about 4 mathematicians candidates, The first one was Emmy

Noether, she was a German mathematician she earned a PHD but wasn’t able to teach

at a university because she was a women. The second one was Benjamin Banneker,

He was a American mathematician who invented a wooden wrist watch. The third one

was Srinivasa Ramanujan, he was a Indian mathematician who was able to see

patterns in numbers and was self taught. And last but not least Sophie Germain, She

was a french mathematician who was known for her algebra and geometry work.

Then they talked about 4 different voting systems. The first one was plurality, its a

system that elects as winner the candidate who receives the largest number of first

place votes. The seconds system is Borda count, A system that can be any number of

candidates. The third one was Instant run off, the people with the least first place votes

are out. And finally Sequential Pair-Wise, A system that is held in some order.

They then talked about “Good” voting systems in voting theory, they were the

Independence of Irrelevant Alter, Pareto Condition, and Ballots are transitive.

At the end the winners where, Germain for Plurality, Banneker for Borda count, Noether

for Instant runoff, and Ramanujan for Sequential Pair-Wise.

This reminded me of a time I had to vote in elementary school for a class movie day. I

also felt bad for Emmy Noether because she had a PHD but wasn't able to teach

because she was a women. I think me personally I would vote for Benjamin Banneker

because he had history in inventing things and trying new things that haven't been

made before really interest me. I think the best system for voting would be boarda

because it seems more fair so every candidate has an equal chance of winning.

And Over all this was not as bad as I thought it would be taking notes made this easier.
National Geographic

Why voting is Important

In the beginning of the article they talked about how today adults over 18 are

entitled to vote and how in the past it was not always a default right for a lot of

americans. Then they talked about how the constitution didn’t specifically say who could

vote and it left a lot of people curious. And even they talked about how people may think

one vote may not seem like it makes a difference but it actually does because there

were some very close elections in the past like in 2016 when Trump defeated Hillary

Clinton. And peoples votes may not elect the president right away but if they and other

people vote for the same candidate then it really does matter. You can also still make

your voice be heard even if your not 18 by Asking people who they would vote for or

posting your opinion on social media or by going to peoples doors and maybe getting

them to vote for the candidate you think deserves it.