A comparison of Dodgson's method and the Borda count

Thomas C. Ratliff ()
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Thomas C. Ratliff: Department of Mathematics, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts 02766, USA

Economic Theory, 2002, vol. 20, issue 2, 357-372

Abstract: In an election without a Condorcet winner, Dodgson's Method is designed to find the candidate that is "closest" to being a Condorcet winner. In this paper, we show that the winner from Dodgson's Method can occur at any position in the ranking obtained from the Borda Count, the plurality method, or any other positional voting procedure. In addition, we demonstrate that Dodgson's Method does not satisfy the Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives axiom.

Keywords: Voting theory; Dogson's method; Borda count. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-02-26
Note: Received: January 12, 2001; revised version: June 7, 2001
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