[EM] question re: converting ballots into a matrix

[Chris Benham]

rob brown wrote:

> I don't see how you can do something as simple as a borda count with 
> the data in a traditional matrix.

If you score each candidate  by [(total votes for)  minus  (total  
votes  against)]   then  you will  get  the equivalent
of  the  Borda scores (i.e. the candidate with the highest score will be 
the Borda winner, the candidate with the
second-highest score will be the Borda runner-up and so on.)


Chris  Benham