Borda count: Difference between revisions

== Notes ==

Borda can be thought of as a variant of [[Score voting]] where the scores for each candidate are chosen to some extent for the voter, rather than by the voter. Because of the way Borda chooses those scores, a [[Condorcet winner]] can never have the fewest points (i.e. be in last place) in Borda, while this can happen in Score voting (Simple example: if between two candidates, a majority of voters give the first candidate a 1 out of 5, and the minority give the second candidate a 5 out of 5, then the majority's 1st choice, who is the Condorcet winner, would have fewer points than the minority's preference and thus be in last place). As an extension of this property, the [[:Category:Sequential loser-elimination methods|instant-runoff]] form of Borda, [[Baldwin]], is a [[Smith-efficient]] [[Condorcet method]], whereas the same is not true for the instant-runoff form of Score, [[IRNR]].