Voting Methods

Plurality, runoff, Borda

An interactive lesson with 6 steps, about 5 minutes: you predict, drag and solve, with instant feedback on every answer. It runs in your browser and needs JavaScript.

What you’ll learn

• Plurality counts only first choices. Runoff and Borda use full rankings.
• The same ballots can produce different winners under different methods.
• A plurality winner can be ranked last by a majority.

Steps

1. One election, nine voters
2. Plurality
3. Borda count
4. Make the methods disagree
5. Borda points
6. Approval voting