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Exercise 4 — Lillehammer 1994: nine judges, three skaters, two winners

Bucket — APPROVAL_OR_MINOR: Only Approval differs

Generated by STARVote_LH_tabulation_engine/tools_adam/scripts/build_divergence_index.py — rebuilt from the election file; do not hand-edit.

What happens

STAR, RCV-IRV and Ranked Robin all agree on Baiul. Only Approval differs, electing Kerrigan: Approval counts every score of 3–5 as one equal 'approve' and ignores intensity, rewarding Kerrigan's breadth of acceptability over Baiul's stronger but more concentrated support. A threshold story about Approval, not a STAR-vs-IRV teaching case.

Winners by method

Method Winner
STAR Baiul
RCV-IRV Baiul
Ranked Robin (RCV-RR) Baiul
Approval Kerrigan
Range / Score Kerrigan
Condorcet Baiul

Flags: none

Source election: 01_STAR/05_Practice/cases/ex04_olympics_1994.yaml · STAR tabulated mirror: ex04_olympics_1994_tabulated.txt

3 candidates, 9 ballots.

The ballots

Each row is a group of identical score ballots (0 = no support, 5 = max).

Count Baiul Kerrigan Lu
5 5 3 1
2 3 5 1
2 1 5 3

STAR result (official)

Scoring round (sum of scores): Kerrigan 35, Baiul 33, Lu 13

Finalists (top two): Kerrigan and Baiul

Automatic runoff: Kerrigan 4 vs Baiul 5

STAR winner: Baiul

Full LH STAR engine report:

--- Runoff (Preference) Matrix ---
Head-to-head / pairwise comparison
Legend: For - Equal Support - Against
        * indicates Top 2 Finalist
                 |   * Baiul    | * Kerrigan  |
-----------------------------------------------
       * Baiul > |     ---      | 5 - 0 - 4   |
    * Kerrigan > |  4 - 0 - 5   |    ---      |

[Divergence from STAR]
  STAR     = Baiul
  Approval = Kerrigan   (differs from STAR)

[Runoff Reversal]
 - Score Round Winner(s) = (Kerrigan)
 - Runoff Round Winner   = (Baiul)
  Candidate Kerrigan earned the highest total score, but
  Candidate Baiul won the automatic runoff — not a malfunction,
  STAR working as designed: the runoff elects the finalist preferred
  by the majority (of voters with a preference).


--- STAR Voting Method (single winner) ---
 Tabulating 9 ballots.
Count × Baiul,Kerrigan,Lu
    5 ×     5,       3, 1
    2 ×     3,       5, 1
    2 ×     1,       5, 3

[Score Distribution] (how many ballots gave each star rating)
                Score
Candidate  5  4  3  2  1  0  | Total   Avg
Baiul      5  0  2  0  2  0  |    33   3.7
Kerrigan   4  0  5  0  0  0  |    35   3.9
Lu         0  0  2  0  7  0  |    13   1.4

Scoring Round
 The two highest-scoring candidates advance to the next round.
   Kerrigan      -- 35 -- First place
   Baiul         -- 33 -- Second place
   Lu            -- 13
 Kerrigan and Baiul advance.

Automatic Runoff Round
 The candidate preferred in the most head-to-head matchups wins.
   Baiul         -- 5 -- First place
   Kerrigan      -- 4
   Equal Support -- 0
 Baiul wins.
   Voters with a preference: 9 of 9 (no Equal Support).
   Baiul 5 (56%) vs Kerrigan 4 (44%); majority = 5.

Winner — STAR Voting Method (single winner)
 Baiul

RCV-IRV — round by round

--- RCV / Instant-Runoff Voting (single winner) ---
 Tabulating 9 ballots (converted from score ballots; 0 = unranked, equal scores broken by candidate priority).

Ballots:
   the ranking RCV-IRV reads (0 = unranked, equal scores broken by priority);
   the source score ballot follows in () per column: Baiul, Kerrigan, Lu
     5 ×   Baiul > Kerrigan > Lu      (5, 3, 1)
     2 ×   Kerrigan > Baiul > Lu      (3, 5, 1)
     2 ×   Kerrigan > Lu > Baiul      (1, 5, 3)

FINAL RESULT
Candidate      Votes  Status
-----------  -------  --------
Baiul              5  Elected
Kerrigan           4  Rejected
Lu                 0  Rejected


Winner(s) — RCV / Instant-Runoff Voting (single winner)
  Baiul

--- Smith Set (the generalized Condorcet winner) ---
The smallest group whose every member beats every candidate outside it —
the honest answer to "who is even in contention?".
   Smith set (1 of 3): Baiul
   Outside (2):        Kerrigan, Lu
   One member ⇒ Baiul is the Condorcet winner, beating every rival head-to-head.
   RCV-IRV winner Baiul is INSIDE the Smith set. ✓
      Not guaranteed — RCV-IRV is not Smith-efficient — but it holds here.
   More: 07_Concepts/topics/smith_set.md

NOTE: a generated cross-method view of the STAR ballots, for comparison only — not the official STAR result.

Ranked Robin (RCV-RR) — every pair, head-to-head

--- Ranked Robin (RCV-RR / Copeland) Method (single winner) ---
 Tabulating 9 ballots (score ballots).

Ballots:
   the ranking Ranked Robin reads ("=" = tied); source scores follow in () per column: Baiul, Kerrigan, Lu
     5 × Baiul > Kerrigan > Lu      (5, 3, 1)
     2 × Kerrigan > Baiul > Lu      (3, 5, 1)
     2 × Kerrigan > Lu > Baiul      (1, 5, 3)

Round-Robin — every pair, head-to-head (For – Against):
   Baiul     beats Kerrigan   5 – 4
   Baiul     beats Lu         7 – 2
   Kerrigan  beats Lu         9 – 0

--- Pairwise (Round-Robin) Matrix ---
Head-to-head / pairwise comparison — the Ranked Robin tally
Legend: For - Equal Support - Against   (row vs column)
             |   Baiul    | Kerrigan  |    Lu     |
---------------------------------------------------
     Baiul > |    ---     |5 - 0 - 4  |7 - 0 - 2  |
  Kerrigan > | 4 - 0 - 5  |   ---     |9 - 0 - 0  |
        Lu > | 2 - 0 - 7  |0 - 0 - 9  |   ---     |

Win–loss record — Copeland score = wins + ½·ties (highest score wins; ties broken by total margin, then lot order):
    #  Candidate  W–L–T  Copeland  Margin  Beats
    1  Baiul      2–0–0         2      +6  Kerrigan, Lu
    2  Kerrigan   1–1–0         1      +8  Lu
    3  Lu         0–2–0         0     -14  —

Winner — Ranked Robin (RCV-RR): Baiul
   beats every opponent head-to-head — the Condorcet winner.

--- Smith Set (the generalized Condorcet winner) ---
The smallest group whose every member beats every candidate outside it —
the honest answer to "who is even in contention?".
   Smith set (1 of 3): Baiul
   Outside (2):        Kerrigan, Lu
   One member ⇒ Baiul is the Condorcet winner, beating every rival head-to-head.
   Ranked Robin (RCV-RR) winner Baiul is INSIDE the Smith set. ✓
      Guaranteed: Ranked Robin (Copeland) is Smith-efficient — every member of
      the set outscores every outsider, so the top of the win–loss table is
      always inside the set, however the tie among them is then broken.
   More: 07_Concepts/topics/smith_set.md