Simple Elections I

W. D. Wallis
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W. D. Wallis: Southern Illinois University, Department of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter 2 in The Mathematics of Elections and Voting, 2014, pp 3-18 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The simplest form of election is where there are a number of candidates for office, and one is to be elected. There is a well-defined set of voters—the electorate electorate —and each voter casts one vote. The votes are then counted. We shall refer to such an election as a simple election simple election .

Keywords: Preference Profile; Preferential Vote; Preference List; Primary Election; Electoral College (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09810-4_2

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