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[[Utilitarian Voting]] is a [[single winner election method]] design to satisfy Jeremy Bentham's Principle of Utility. This principle can be stated as ""Act always to promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number." [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james-mill/]. That was how Bentham had stated it. It is also called Happiness Voting.
 
[[Utilitarian Voting]] is a [[single winner election method]] design to satisfy Jeremy Bentham's Principle of Utility. This principle can be stated as ""Act always to promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number." [<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james-mill/].</ref> That was how Bentham had stated it. It is also called Happiness Voting.
 
==The Procedure==
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'''Voting system - VSR A - VSR B'''
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Magically elect optimum winner 100.00% 100.00%
Range (honest voters) 96.71% 94.66%
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Approval (honest voters) 86.30% 83.53%
Condorcet-LR (honest voters) 85.19% 85.43%
Range & Approval (strategic voters) 78.99% 77.01%
Range
IRV (honest voters) 78.49% 76.32%
Plurality (honest voters) 67.63% 62.29%
Borda (strategic exaggerating voters) 53.26% 51.78%
Condorcet-LR (strategic voters) 42.56% 41.31%
IRV (strategic exaggerating voters) 39.07% 39.21%
Plurality (strategic voters) 39.07% 39.21%
Elect random winner 0.00% 0.00%
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== References ==
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[[Category:Single-winner voting methods]]
[[Category:Approval voting]]