Bucklin voting: Difference between revisions

First choice votes are first counted. If one candidate has a majority, that candidate wins. Otherwise the second choices are added to the first choices. Again, if a candidate with a majority vote is found, the winner is the candidate with the most votes in that round. Lower rankings are added as needed.

A majority is defined as half the number of voters, similar to [[Absoluteabsolute majority]]. Since after the first round there are more votes cast than voters, it is possible more than one candidate to have majority support. This makes Bucklin a variation of [[approval voting]].