How 2 rob a bank
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How 2 rig an election
35 minutes Posted Nov 24, 2020 at 1:14 am.
– Introduction on the voting system in the UK, with an example
– Condorcet’s paradox
– The French system
– The Australian system – Preferential/Alternative voting
– What defines a good voting system?
– How do we balance a good voting system with one which everyone understands
– Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
– Independent voting systems where Arrow’s theorem doesn’t apply.
– Instagram poll discussion: Tactical voting vs Voting for who you want
– Protest voting vs voting for who you want
– When it would be worth strategically voting “mathematically”
– Zoey exposing Bia as a “Remoaner”
– How Bia think the referendum should have been done.
– Have you ever not voted?
– Should 16 year olds be allowed to vote?
– Accessibility in a voting system
– The future of voting
– The issues with a voting system which takes too long (NP-hard/ NP-complete)
– Dodgson’s voting method (Lewis Carroll = Charles Dodgson)
– Final thoughts
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Bia and Zoey discuss some of the key mathematical concepts in voting, focusing on political elections in some Western countries, as well as Brexit.
Introduction
Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem & Instagram poll
Brexit
General discussion
The future of voting
80% of voters are strategic: "Counting Votes Right: Strategic Voters versus Strategic Parties, Filippo Mezzanotti and Giovanni Reggiani" http://economics.mit.edu/files/11177
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