Voting system criterion: Difference between revisions

=== Absolute criterion ===

An ''absolute criterion'' requires or prohibits some result due to some characteristic of a given a set of ballots. This is in contrast to the below-mentioned [[relative criterion]], which requires (or prohibits) a change in the election's result given some modification to the ballots.

 

*[[Condorcet criterion]], [[Smith set|Smith criterion]], [[Plurality criterion]], [[Minimal Defense criterion]], [[Majority criterion]], [[Pareto criterion]]

A ''relative criterion'' requires that when the ballots are changed in some way, the result of the election must or must not change in some way. This is in contrast to the above-mentioned [[absolute criterion]], which requires some result given some characteristic of a set of ballots.

 

 

*[[Monotonicity criterion]], [[Participation criterion]], [[Later-no-harm criterion]], [[Later-no-help criterion]], [[Sincere Favorite criterion]], [[Independence of irrelevant alternatives]], [[Strategic nomination|Independence of clones]], [[Neutrality of Spoiled Ballots]]