Borda Count

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Mr. Simmons wrote in part-

Suppose you have 16 candidates to rank.  You know how each of them stands
on the four issues that you consider vital.
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D-   Some issues are much more important than others - war or peace, making 
such and such a crime, taxing such and such, spending $X or $Y for such and 
such, etc.

That is, there is a major weighting effect on very specific issues by some 
voters (especially, in effect, voters somewhat obsessed on one issue - 
aardvarks to zygotes and everything in between).