Reverse Bucklin tiebreaker
DEMOREP1 at aol.com
DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Tue Jun 16 09:35:46 PDT 1998
Supplement 5
If Reverse Bucklin is applied to the 3 candidate tie general case (A>B>C>D),
then there is
N1 A>B>C
N2 A>C>B
N3 B>C>A
N4 B>A>C
N5 C>A>B
N6 C>B>A
T = Total = Sum of N1 to N6
The Reverse Bucklin majorities for the last 2 choices are--
A T- the number of first choices for A
B T- the number of first choices for B
C T- the number of first choices for C
The choice with the highest Reverse Bucklin majority would lose.
In other words, in the 3 choice case the candidate with the lowest number of
first choice votes would lose which complies with common sense.
The 4 choice tie case will be in the next supplement but is predictable as to
who the first loser would be.
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