MGF 1107 SECTION 13

Ballots in which voters are asked to rank all the candidates are called ___________ ballots. A table that shows how often each particular outcome occurred and that summarizes an election’s results is called a/an ___________ table.

f there are three or more candidates in an election, it often happens that no single candidate receives more than 50% of the first-place votes, or a/an ___________ of votes.

The voting method in which each candidate is compared with each of the other candidates is called the ___________________ method.

The preferred candidate in each comparison receives ____ point(s). If the candidates tie, then each receives ____ point(s). The candidate receiving the _____________ is the winner.

The candidate receiving the _____________ is the winner.

In an election with n candidates, the number of comparisons, C, that must be made is determined by the formula C ___________.

The voting method in which the candidate receiving the most first-place votes is declared the winner is called the ___________ method.

The voting method that may involve a series of elections or eliminations using a preference table until a candidate receives a majority of the votes is called the ___________-with-elimination method.

One of the voting methods requires voters to rank all candidates from the most favorable to the least favorable. Each last-place vote receives 1 point, each next-to-last-place vote 2 points, and so on. This voting method is called the _____________ method.

In the Borda count method the candidate with the __ wins