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Voting styles — low-score ballots

Generated from 03b_c3_b3_1_style-protest-vote.yaml — do not edit by hand. Regenerate: python STARVote_LH_tabulation_engine/tools_adam/scripts/build_yaml_pages.py.

Method: STAR (single winner) · 1 seat · Expected winner: Almond

Scenario

What if you dislike all the candidates? You can still vote: even low scores register a relative preference, and STAR will count them. Here every voter scores only 0s and 1s, yet a winner still emerges (Almond) from the 1s.

Ballots

The ballots as marked — the filled bubble is the score given, and the score is the number in its column:

# Ballot as marked Choco Almond Vanilla
1 A 0–5 STAR ballot — least-bad = Almond: Choco 0, Almond 1, Vanilla 0. 0 1 0
2 A 0–5 STAR ballot — least-bad = Vanilla: Choco 0, Almond 0, Vanilla 1. 0 0 1
3 A 0–5 STAR ballot — least-bad = Almond: Choco 0, Almond 1, Vanilla 0. 0 1 0

The same ballots as the file records them:

Row 1 = candidate names; each later row is one voter's 0–5 scores (a N × prefix = N identical ballots).

Choco,Almond,Vanilla
    0,     1,      0   # least-bad = Almond
    0,     0,      1   # least-bad = Vanilla
    0,     1,      0   # least-bad = Almond

What the engine says

The count, step by step — the rounds and how the winner is reached:

[Divergence from STAR]
  STAR     = Almond
  Approval = Choco   (differs from STAR)

--- STAR Voting Method (single winner) ---

[STAR Voting]
 Tabulating 3 ballots.
Count × Choco,Almond,Vanilla
    2 ×     0,     1,      0
    1 ×     0,     0,      1

[STAR Voting: Scoring Round]
 The two highest-scoring candidates advance to the next round.
   Almond        -- 2 -- First place
   Vanilla       -- 1 -- Second place
   Choco         -- 0
 Almond and Vanilla advance.

[STAR Voting: Automatic Runoff Round]
 The candidate preferred in the most head-to-head matchups wins.
   Almond        -- 2 -- First place
   Vanilla       -- 1
   Equal Support -- 0
 Almond wins.
   Runoff math:
     3  ballots cast
   − 0  Equal Support (no preference between the two finalists)
     ─
     3  voters with a preference  (majority = 2)
           Almond 2 (67%)  ·  Vanilla 1 (33%)

[STAR Voting: Winner — STAR Voting Method (single winner)]
 Almond

Full audit — preference matrix, Condorcet, and score distribution

--- Runoff (Preference) Matrix ---
Head-to-head / pairwise comparison
Legend: For - Equal Support - Against
        * indicates Top 2 Finalist
                |     Choco   | * Almond   | * Vanilla  |
---------------------------------------------------------
        Choco > |     ---     | 0 - 1 - 2  | 0 - 2 - 1  |
     * Almond > |  2 - 1 - 0  |    ---     | 2 - 0 - 1  |
    * Vanilla > |  1 - 2 - 0  | 1 - 0 - 2  |    ---     |

[Condorcet Winner]
  Condorcet Winner: Almond — matches the STAR winner

[Condorcet Loser]
  Condorcet Loser: Choco — loses every head-to-head matchup — elected by Approval!

[Score Distribution] (how many ballots gave each star rating)
                Score
Candidate  5  4  3  2  1  0  | Total   Avg
Choco      0  0  0  0  0  3  |     0   0.0
Almond     0  0  0  0  2  1  |     2   0.7
Vanilla    0  0  0  0  1  2  |     1   0.3

Everything in one file: the _tabulated mirror (regenerated on every run; every analysis forced on).

Run it yourself:

python STARVote_LH_tabulation_engine/starvote_larry_hastings.py 01_STAR/02_Examples/cases/03b_c3_b3_1_style-protest-vote.yaml

See also

More cases in this set: 02a_c3_b1_three-candidates · 02b_c3_b2_three-candidates · 03a_c3_b3_style-bullet-vote · 03b_c3_b3_2_expand_style-protest-vote · 03c_c6_b8_style-gallery · 03d_c5_b5_style-gallery-five-more · 04b_c4_b3_display-options-all · 05a_c5_b3_unanimous-ballots · 06a_c9_b3_large-field-equal-support · 06b_c9_runoff-overturns-leader · 09_c4_b100_tennessee-capital · abstentions · bv2182_tg4779_faq_runoff_reversal · bv2184_fyy886_lunch_vote · bv2187_qrw6wb_ann-bob-cal · bv2256_c8h3tb_traditional_style · bv2263_xw23m9_over_50_percent · csv_ambiguity_ex1_c4_b8 · display_options_demo · equal_support_runoff_demo · quorum_demo_c3_b6 · quorum_fail_demo_c3_b6 · same_mean_different_spread_c2_b5 · star_ala_approval · three_winners_cw_score_runoff · vote_splitting · vote_splitting2 · vote_splitting3 · vote_splitting_scenario1_spoiler · vote_splitting_scenario2_bloc_leads · vote_splitting_scenario3_outsider_wins