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Voting Theory Project 5

The document summarizes a voting project for a group involving the Iowa Caucuses. It explains that the Iowa Caucuses are the first presidential nominating contests where voters gather at local precincts and publicly show their support for candidates. The document provides a sample preference schedule from a hypothetical Republican caucus in Mason City, Iowa and asks the group to determine the winner based on different voting methods such as plurality, instant runoff voting, Borda count, and Copeland's method. Based on the analyses, Marco Rubio would win using Borda count and Copeland's method, while Ted Cruz would win using instant runoff voting. Marco Rubio is also identified as the Condorcet candidate.

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Voting Theory Project 5

The document summarizes a voting project for a group involving the Iowa Caucuses. It explains that the Iowa Caucuses are the first presidential nominating contests where voters gather at local precincts and publicly show their support for candidates. The document provides a sample preference schedule from a hypothetical Republican caucus in Mason City, Iowa and asks the group to determine the winner based on different voting methods such as plurality, instant runoff voting, Borda count, and Copeland's method. Based on the analyses, Marco Rubio would win using Borda count and Copeland's method, while Ted Cruz would win using instant runoff voting. Marco Rubio is also identified as the Condorcet candidate.

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MATH 1030 - Voting Project 2016 Names of Group Members:

Due: Naysla Anderson

The Iowa Caucuses

Part I: Research the Iowa Caucuses and explain how they work. Your response should be
a one-page (250-word) narrative. Be sure to include a brief history, how a caucus
differs from a typical primary election, and why the Iowa Caucuses play such an
important role in American presidential elections.

Part II: Imagine you live in Mason City, Iowa and attend a Republican caucus for Precinct
W1-P2 at the Highland Golf Course. The meeting organizers ask the voters to
select their preferences for four candidates. The following preference schedule
summarizes the results of the poll.

#
Voters 19 6 36 39
1st B R C T
2nd R B R R
3rd C C B C
4th T T T B

B is Jeb Bush, C is Ted Cruz, R is Marco Rubio, and T is Donald Trump

Use this preference schedule to answer the following questions about various
voting methods. Vocabulary words in bold are defined in the Voting Theory section
in Math in Society.

100
i. How many people voted?

Donald Trump wins Plurality


ii. Who wins by Plurality Method?
Part II: (Continued)

iii. Suppose we use Instant Runoff Voting. Remove the candidate with the
least 1st Choice votes and show the preference schedule.

#
Voters 19 6 36 39
1st B B C T
2nd C C B C
3rd T T T B

iv. Remove the candidate with the least 1st Choice votes and show the
preference schedule.

#
Voters 19 6 36 39
1st C C C T
2nd T T T C

TED CRUZ BY INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING


v. Who wins by Instant Runoff Voting?

vi. Calculate a Borda Count for each candidate.

205 272
B: C:
306
217
R: T:
Marco Rubio wins by Borda
Count
vii. Who wins by Borda Count?

viii. How many points does each candidate get using Copeland's Method?

1 2
B: C:

3 0
R: T:
Marco Rubio wins Copland’s
ix. Who wins by Copeland's Method? Method

x. Is there a Condorcet Candidate? Y or N Yes

Marco Rubio
xi. If so, who is the Condorcet Candidate?

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