voting example

[mindstalk]

Poll on an imaginary election:

34 A > S > B > C
32 B > S > C > A
33 C > S > A > B
1 S > A > B > C

Of the four candidates, which do you think should win?

Comments

[elusiveat]

Probably needs some preference magnitudes to really be obvious, but I do see the case for S over A.

[kgbooklog]

I was assuming Instant Runoff, but if candidates are assigned points based on their ranking on each ballot, then I would expect S to win.

A only wins in First Past the Post.

[elusiveat]

When I first looked over the options I kind of glossed the fact that almost no one was included in the last line.

[mindstalk]

There are many ways of counting ranked ballots. IRV is currently popular despite being terrible. Points would be Borda Count which is apparently gameable by the candidates.

Another is Condorcet, looking at pairwise matchups. S clearly beats all the other candidates one on one.

[elusiveat]

Condorcet or bust?