Gaming the vote : why elections aren't fair (and what we can do about it) / William Poundstone.
At least five U.S. presidential elections have been won by the second most popular candidate, because of "spoilers"--minor candidates who take enough votes away from the most popular candidate to tip the election. The spoiler effect is a consequence of the "impossibility theorem," discovered by Nobe...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Hill and Wang,
2008.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |
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