election_title: "Runoff reversal, the convincing case — an intense minority favorite loses to the majority's compromise"
scenario_description: |-
  A *convincing* runoff reversal (the one nearly everyone agrees with). 100 voters, three candidates: Max is a passionate-minority favorite (45 voters give him a 5), Nora is the broad compromise, Cal is a no-hoper who never reaches the runoff. Max tops the SCORE round (335 vs Nora 255, Cal 55) on the strength of his intense base — but the runoff is Max vs Nora, and 55 of 100 voters prefer Nora, so she wins 55–45. Pure Score voting would crown Max on lopsided intensity; STAR's runoff catches that a majority actually wants Nora. This is the "runoff earns its keep" half of the pair; the companion reversal_jarring_c3_b100 shows the *jarring* case where the reversal is genuinely debatable.
  Lesson: 01_STAR/01_Learn/the_count/STAR_second_round_FAQ.md
voting_method: STAR
num_winners: 1
ballots: |-
  Count:Max,Nora,Cal
  45:5,2,0    # Max's intense base — love Max, mildly prefer Nora to Cal
  55:2,3,1    # the majority — mildly prefer Nora
expected_winners:
  - Nora

# file: reversal_convincing_c3_b100.yaml