Paradoxical Oddities in Two Multiwinner Elections from Scotland

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Main Authors: Graham-Squire, Adam, McCune, David
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author Graham-Squire, Adam
McCune, David
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McCune, David
contents Ranked-choice voting anomalies such as monotonicity paradoxes have been extensively studied through creating hypothetical examples and generating elections under various models of voter behavior. However, very few real-world examples of such voting paradoxes have been found and analyzed. We investigate two single-transferable vote elections from Scotland that demonstrate upward monotonicity, downward monotonicity, no-show, and committee size paradoxes. These paradoxes are rarely observed in real-world elections, and this article is the first case study of such paradoxes in multiwinner elections.
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spellingShingle Paradoxical Oddities in Two Multiwinner Elections from Scotland
Graham-Squire, Adam
McCune, David
General Economics
Economics
91B12
Ranked-choice voting anomalies such as monotonicity paradoxes have been extensively studied through creating hypothetical examples and generating elections under various models of voter behavior. However, very few real-world examples of such voting paradoxes have been found and analyzed. We investigate two single-transferable vote elections from Scotland that demonstrate upward monotonicity, downward monotonicity, no-show, and committee size paradoxes. These paradoxes are rarely observed in real-world elections, and this article is the first case study of such paradoxes in multiwinner elections.
title Paradoxical Oddities in Two Multiwinner Elections from Scotland
topic General Economics
Economics
91B12
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.20078