VPM and Voting Theory

Disclaimer: There may be conflicting information with class texts or lecture. For our purposes and for evaluation, we will use whatever information, vocabulary, or methods the professor has chosen.

VPM and Voting Theory Resources

Fun with Voting

NYC Mayor Race: Ranked-Choice Ballot Explained, With Bagels | WSJ | June 2, 2021

Books

Open Text

Lippman, David. Math in Society. 2nd ed., 2017. https://www.opentextbookstore.com/mathinsociety/.

UCI VPN needed

Wallis, W. D. The Mathematics of Elections and Voting / W.D. Wallis. Cham: Springer, 2014. https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CDL_IRV_INST/1gpb62p/alma991002068959704701

Material for the Midterm

The Condorcet Method (Voting System) | Carneades

https://youtu.be/bXYQPvU_Oao

Voting Systems and the Condorcet Paradox | Infinite Series

https://youtu.be/HoAnYQZrNrQ

Approval Voting | CGP Grey

https://youtu.be/orybDrUj4vA

Alternative Vote | CGP Grey

https://youtu.be/3Y3jE3B8HsE

Your guide to tactical voting in the UK election | Crunched (Financial Times)

https://youtu.be/4Gzw_naodl0

Gerrymandering Game | GameTheory Co

http://gametheorytest.com/gerry/

Material After Midterm

Mixed Member Proportional

https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/what-is-mmp/

STV (Annotated with Hypothes.is)

https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoral-reform.org.uk%2Fvoting-systems%2Ftypes-of-voting-system%2Fsingle-transferable-vote%2F&group=__world__

STV | GCP Grey

https://youtu.be/l8XOZJkozfI

S-S Calculator (Dennis Leech and Robert Leech)

http://homepages.warwick.ac.uk/~ecaae/ssdirect.html

Banzhaf Calculator (Fernando Guzman)

http://people.math.binghamton.edu/fer/courses/math130/ZIS_Spr14/chapter1/Banzhaf.html