Gaming the Vote

Gaming the Vote
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 0809048922
ISBN-13 : 9780809048922
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Book Synopsis Gaming the Vote by : William Poundstone

Download or read book Gaming the Vote written by William Poundstone and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least five U.S. presidential elections have been won by the second most popular candidate, because of "spoilers"--Minor candidates who take enough votes away from the most popular candidate to tip the election. The spoiler effect is a consequence of the "impossibility theorem," discovered by Nobel laureate economist Kenneth Arrow, which asserts that voting is fundamentally unfair--and political strategists are exploiting the mathematical faults of the simple majority vote. This book presents a solution to the spoiler problem: a system called range voting, already widely used on the Internet, which is the fairest voting method of all, according to computer studies. Range voting remains controversial, however, and author Poundstone assesses the obstacles confronting any attempt to change the American electoral system.--From publisher description.


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