Multiple districts paradox
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title:
Multiple districts paradox
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A voting system satisfies join-consistency if combining two sets of votes, both electing A over B, always results in a combined electorate that ranks A over B. It is a stronger form of the participation criterion. Systems that fail the consistency criterion are susceptible to the multiple-district paradox, which allows for a particularly egregious kind of gerrymander: it is possible to draw boundaries in such a way that a candidate who wins the overall election fails to carry even a single elect
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Property of electoral systems
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_districts_paradox
date created:
2005-04-25T01:32:42Z
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2024-09-06T21:22:52Z
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