Electoral systems: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
(Sorry for the mess, folks. See User:RobLa/Journal#2020-06-14 to learn more about my category renaming misadventures. -- ~~~~) |
(Merging with Electoral system (and adding REDIRECT to new location)) Tag: New redirect |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ⚫ | |||
{{Ambox|text=Sorry for the mess, folks. See [[User:RobLa/Journal#2020-06-14]] to learn more about my category renaming misadventures. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 02:46, 15 June 2020 (UTC)}} |
|||
The [[Electoral systems]] category on Electowiki is the category used for "electoral systems" on English Wikipedia. Categories are plural, and articles are singular over there, and over here too. This page used to exist at '''Category:Voting methods''', but it's just a plain wiki page now. |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
:{{Wikipedia|:Category:Electoral systems}} |
|||
:''main article: [[Electoral system]]'' |
|||
An '''electoral system''' (also referred to as an '''election method''', '''voting system''', or '''voting method''') is a system for groups of people to select one or more options from many, taking into account the individual preferences of the group members, or more generally to find society's preference among all the candidates (1st place, 2nd place, etc.). Voting is often seen as the defining feature of democracy, and is best known for its use in public elections — but it can also be used to award prizes, to select between different plans of action, or as a means for computer programs to evaluate which solution is best for a complex problem. |
|||
To learn more the general definition of "electoral system", see '''[[Electoral system]]''' |
|||
== Criteria == |
|||
=== Criteria in evaluating electoral systems === |
|||
Various [[:Category:voting system criteria|criteria]] are used in evaluating voting systems. However, it is impossible for one voting system to pass all criteria in common use. For example, [[Arrow's impossibility theorem]] demonstrates that many desirable criteria are mutually inconsistent. |
|||
== See also == |
|||
*[[:Category:Voting theory|Voting theory]] |
|||
{{fromwikipedia}} |
|||
[[Category:Electoral systems]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 21:11, 26 November 2021
Redirect to: