Cardinal voting systems: Difference between revisions

== Notes ==

The concept of an approval rating is often used to count the score totals for each candidate. When the score scale being used only allows for nonnegative scores, then a candidate's approval rating is just their number of points divided by the maximally attainable score any candidate can get. The maximally attainable score is whatever score a candidate would get if all voters theoretically gave them the maximal score. So for example, if everyone gives a candidate a 5 on a scale from 0 to 10, they'd have a 50% approval rating. The notion of an approval rating makes it easier to see the connection between the vote totals in Approval voting and Score voting.