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Quadrant C

Determine the plurality, Borda, runoff, and sequential runoff winners for the following set of preferences. Create a situation for the set of preferences and decide which method of voting would be the most fair. Justify your choice.

 1st A B C C
 2nd D D B D
 3rd C A D A
 4th B C A B
 Total
 Number
 16 20 12 7
Quadrant D

Research a variety of voting methods including (but not limited to) plurality, Borda, runoff, and sequential runoff. Create a proposal for how to fairly conduct an election for Homecoming King and Queen. In your proposal identify the current method and compare it to what you believe would be the most fair. Create mock ballots depending on the voting method and conduct a mock election with these different ballots. Write a short paper reporting the results and analyzing the fairest method.

Quadrant A

Determine the plurality, Borda, runoff, and sequential runoff winners for the following set of preferences.

 1st A B C C
 2nd D D B D
 3rd C A D A
 4th B C A B
 Total
 Number
 16 20 12 7
Quadrant B

You have been chosen to serve on the committee that decides who this year's Homecoming King and Queen will be. As a committee, you have already determined the three sets of finalists to be, in no particular order, Alan and Alice, Bob and Betty, and Carl and Cathy. Please note that all finalists are seniors. Furthermore, you have already held elections through class meetings and have collected the following results:

 1st Freshmen Sophomores
 2nd Alan/Alice Bob/Betty
 3rd Bob/Betty Alan/Alice
 4th Carl/Cathy Carl/Cathy
 Class Size 60 Students 50 Students
 
 1st Juniors Seniors
 2nd Carl/Cathy Carl/Cathy
 3rd Bob/Betty Bob/Betty
 4th Alan/Alice Alan/Alice
 Class Size 40 Students 30 Students
 

Look at the election information above. In your opinion, which couple should reign as Homecoming King and Queen? Who would finish 2nd and 3rd? Write an explanation explaining your methodology for first, second and third.

Quadrant A taken from Discrete Mathematics Through Applications, 2nd Edition, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York: 2000, pp. 13