Question

how important are the paradoxes of voting

Answer 1

Importance of Paradoxes of Voting :-

Following is the importance of paradoxes of voting :-

1) It helps to invert each individual's preferences

2) It helps to determine majority preferred candidate

3) It helps to evaluate the vote distribution for each seat .

4) Saves people from interdependency of clones

5) It helps to determine the popularity of the candidate .

6) It helps in formulation of various statistical charts

7) Prudence in single winner election

8) It satisfies the most common voting method criteria

9) It helps to generate a relationship between set of winners and election methods

10) It helps to create a sorted list of winners

11) It helps to determine the effects of additional voters in the electorate

12) It helps to determine the effect on top ranked preference when the other candidates support each other

13) It helps to determine the outcome in system of proportional representation.

14) Determination of effects on winner in two party contest in comparison with general contest

15) Helps in identification of faithless decision makers and wasted votes

16) To calculate potential discrepancy between preferences of the voter in electoral districts and at national level .