Basic Voting Theory

Proportional representation

Pragmatic reform and mathematical complication

The Condorcet Method

Or rather, methods.

STAR voting

A voting system in profile

The Borda count

A voting method in profile

Ranked choice voting

A voting system in profile

Approval Voting

A voting system in profile

Problems with Plurality

A voting system in profile

Arrow’s Theorem and May’s Theorem

Theorems of two Kenneths

In some ways, the field of voting theory can be seen as having been shaped by two French mathematicians (Jean Charles de Borda and Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat). The course of modern voting…

The Condorcet paradox

When majority votes can’t solve the problem.