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Exercise 8

Avg difficulty 2.5

In exercises 5-8, complete the following:

  1. How many voters voted in this election?

  2. How many votes are needed for a majority?

  3. Find the winner under the plurality method.

  4. Find the winner under the Instant Runoff Voting method.

  5. Find the winner under the Borda Count Method.

  6. Find the winner under Copeland's method.

The Oregon State Governor's race has five candidates: R, S, T, U, V. The votes are:

Number of voters22452047431826
1st choiceRSRUTVV
2nd choiceTVSTUST
3rd choiceSTVSVUS
4th choiceURUVRRU
5th choiceVUTRSTR

Lee et al., Math in Society, Democracy — Chapter 5 Review, Exercise 8

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