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How 2 rig an election
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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
- 0:15 – Introduction on the voting system in the UK, with an example
- 4:27 – Condorcet’s paradox
- 6:00 – The French system
- 6:44 – The Australian system – Preferential/Alternative voting
- 7:42 – What defines a good voting system?
- 9:43 – How do we balance a good voting system with one which everyone understands
Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem & Instagram poll
- 11:40 – Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
- 13:46 – Independent voting systems where Arrow’s theorem doesn’t apply.
- 15:00 – Instagram poll discussion: Tactical voting vs Voting for who you want
- 17:31 – Protest voting vs voting for who you want
- 20:20 – When it would be worth strategically voting “mathematically”
Brexit
- 21:22 – Zoey exposing Bia as a “Remoaner”
- 22:50 – How Bia think the referendum should have been done.
General discussion
- 24:05 – Have you ever not voted?
- 26:12 – Should 16 year olds be allowed to vote?
- 27:29 – Accessibility in a voting system
The future of voting
- 27:54 – The future of voting
- 28:52 – The issues with a voting system which takes too long (NP-hard/ NP-complete)
- 30:00 – Dodgson’s voting method (Lewis Carroll = Charles Dodgson)
- 32:52 – Final thoughts
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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