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Game Theory and Voting

HiroconHirocon Registered User regular
edited January 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I believe that the most common system of voting in the U.S. (one-person-one-vote, the candidate with the most votes wins) is somewhat broken. It can cause people to vote against their best wishes (e.g. not voting for a desirable third-party candidate because of a perception that the candidate has no chance of winning). I'm looking for papers on alternative voting systems, in the context of game theory. Ideally, I'd like to see a mathematical definition of a "perfect" voting system, and either an example of a perfect voting system or a proof that no such perfect voting system exists. If nobody can find mathematical proofs, then I'll settle for non-mathematical discussions.

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  • SmasherSmasher Starting to get dizzy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Wikipedia's page on Voting systems is a good place to start from. It has links to about a dozen research papers that may have what you're looking for, and links to a variety of alternate systems you can use to guide your search.

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  • YosemiteSamYosemiteSam Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    The above and this are literally exactly what you're looking for.

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  • HiroconHirocon Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Should have checked Wikipedia first! This thread can be locked.

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