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Disapproval Voting

August 9, 2018

Approval voting contrasted with an invented 'disapproval voting,' which elects the one person nobody despises.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-08-09-disapproval-voting/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[APPROVAL VOTING: vote for as many candidates as you like; the one with the most votes wins] Mayor: "I am mayor because I am most broadly liked."

[DISAPPROVAL VOTING: eliminate as many candidates as you like; last eligible human remaining wins] A: "What? How can I be the mayor?" B: "You're the unique person in town that no one despises!"

Topics
Applied Math › Voting TheoryDiscrete Math › Game Theory
Level
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolCollege
Themes
Politics