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P3 manipulated — two voters bury their 4th choice and STAR elects their favourite

Bucket — CYCLE_OR_THREE_WAY: Cycle / three-way split

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

What happens

There is no Condorcet winner — the head-to-head results form a cycle (X beats Y beats Z beats X). With no pairwise anchor the methods split: STAR=Edinburgh, RCV-IRV=Dublin, Ranked Robin=Edinburgh (RR breaks the cycle by total margin). No rule is clearly 'right'; a genuinely hard election, not an indictment of any one method.

Winners by method

Method Winner
STAR Edinburgh
RCV-IRV Dublin
Ranked Robin (RCV-RR) Edinburgh
Approval Bergen
Range / Score Edinburgh
Condorcet none (cycle)

Flags: none

Source election: method_comparisons/manipulability_p3/cases/p3_manip_star.yaml · STAR tabulated mirror: p3_manip_star_tabulated.txt

5 candidates, 7 ballots.

The ballots

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

Count Athens Bergen Cork Dublin Edinburgh
2 3 0 4 0 5
3 0 3 2 5 4
2 5 4 3 2 0

STAR result (official)

Scoring round (sum of scores): Edinburgh 22, Cork 20, Dublin 19, Bergen 17, Athens 16

Finalists (top two): Edinburgh and Cork

Automatic runoff: Edinburgh 5 vs Cork 2

STAR winner: Edinburgh

Full LH STAR engine report:

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

[Divergence from STAR]
  STAR                   = Edinburgh
  Choose-One (Plurality) = Dublin   (differs from STAR)
  RCV-IRV                = Dublin   (differs from STAR)
  Approval               = Bergen   (differs from STAR)
  Note: no ballots had tied scores, so RCV-IRV vs STAR here is a genuine
        method difference, not a tie-breaking artifact.
  Note: Ranked Robin (RCV-RR) agrees with STAR, so RCV-IRV is the lone
        outlier — the classic center-squeeze signature.

--- STAR Voting Method (single winner) ---
 Tabulating 7 ballots.
Count × Athens,Bergen,Cork,Dublin,Edinburgh
    3 ×      0,     3,   2,     5,        4
    2 ×      3,     0,   4,     0,        5
    2 ×      5,     4,   3,     2,        0

[Score Distribution] (how many ballots gave each star rating)
                Score
Candidate  5  4  3  2  1  0  | Total   Avg
Athens     2  0  2  0  0  3  |    16   2.3
Bergen     0  2  3  0  0  2  |    17   2.4
Cork       0  2  2  3  0  0  |    20   2.9
Dublin     3  0  0  2  0  2  |    19   2.7
Edinburgh  2  3  0  0  0  2  |    22   3.1

Scoring Round
 The two highest-scoring candidates advance to the next round.
   Edinburgh     -- 22 -- First place
   Cork          -- 20 -- Second place
   Dublin        -- 19
   Bergen        -- 17
   Athens        -- 16
 Edinburgh and Cork advance.

Automatic Runoff Round
 The candidate preferred in the most head-to-head matchups wins.
   Edinburgh     -- 5 -- First place
   Cork          -- 2
   Equal Support -- 0
 Edinburgh wins.
   Voters with a preference: 7 of 7 (no Equal Support).
   Edinburgh 5 (71%) vs Cork 2 (29%); majority = 4.

Winner — STAR Voting Method (single winner)
 Edinburgh

RCV-IRV — round by round

--- RCV / Instant-Runoff Voting (single winner) ---
 Tabulating 7 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: Athens, Bergen, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh
     2 ×   Edinburgh > Cork > Athens      (3, 0, 4, 0, 5)
     3 ×   Dublin > Edinburgh > Bergen > Cork      (0, 3, 2, 5, 4)
     2 ×   Athens > Bergen > Cork > Dublin      (5, 4, 3, 2, 0)

ROUND 1
Candidate      Votes  Status
-----------  -------  --------
Dublin             3  Hopeful
Edinburgh          2  Hopeful
Athens             2  Rejected
Bergen             0  Rejected
Cork               0  Rejected

FINAL RESULT
Candidate      Votes  Status
-----------  -------  --------
Dublin             5  Elected
Edinburgh          2  Rejected
Athens             0  Rejected
Bergen             0  Rejected
Cork               0  Rejected


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

--- 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 (5 of 5): Edinburgh, Athens, Cork, Dublin, Bergen
   Outside (0):        —
   More than one member ⇒ NO Condorcet winner: the top of the tournament is a
   cycle, so the strongest "candidate" is a set, not a person. Which member of
   the set should win is exactly what Minimax / Ranked Pairs / Schulze disagree
   about — see 05_Ranked_Robin/01_Learn/cycle_resolution.md.
   Note: the Copeland leaders (Edinburgh) are only part of the set — the
   win–loss table's top block understates how wide the contention is.
   RCV-IRV winner Dublin 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 7 ballots (score ballots).

Ballots:
   the ranking Ranked Robin reads ("=" = tied); source scores follow in () per column: Athens, Bergen, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh
     2 × Edinburgh > Cork > Athens > Bergen=Dublin      (3, 0, 4, 0, 5)
     3 × Dublin > Edinburgh > Bergen > Cork > Athens      (0, 3, 2, 5, 4)
     2 × Athens > Bergen > Cork > Dublin > Edinburgh      (5, 4, 3, 2, 0)

Round-Robin — every pair, head-to-head (For – Against):
   Athens     beats Bergen      4 – 3
   Cork       beats Athens      5 – 2
   Athens     beats Dublin      4 – 3
   Edinburgh  beats Athens      5 – 2
   Bergen     beats Cork        5 – 2
   Dublin     beats Bergen      3 – 2
   Edinburgh  beats Bergen      5 – 2
   Cork       beats Dublin      4 – 3
   Edinburgh  beats Cork        5 – 2
   Dublin     beats Edinburgh   5 – 2

--- Pairwise (Round-Robin) Matrix ---
Head-to-head / pairwise comparison — the Ranked Robin tally
Legend: For - Equal Support - Against   (row vs column)
              |   Athens    |  Bergen    |   Cork     |  Dublin    | Edinburgh  |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Athens > |     ---     | 4 - 0 - 3  | 2 - 0 - 5  | 4 - 0 - 3  | 2 - 0 - 5  |
     Bergen > |  3 - 0 - 4  |    ---     | 5 - 0 - 2  | 2 - 2 - 3  | 2 - 0 - 5  |
       Cork > |  5 - 0 - 2  | 2 - 0 - 5  |    ---     | 4 - 0 - 3  | 2 - 0 - 5  |
     Dublin > |  3 - 0 - 4  | 3 - 2 - 2  | 3 - 0 - 4  |    ---     | 5 - 0 - 2  |
  Edinburgh > |  5 - 0 - 2  | 5 - 0 - 2  | 5 - 0 - 2  | 2 - 0 - 5  |    ---     |

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  Edinburgh  3–1–0         3      +6  Cork, Athens, Bergen
    2  Dublin     2–2–0         2      +2  Edinburgh, Bergen
    3  Cork       2–2–0         2      -2  Dublin, Athens
    4  Athens     2–2–0         2      -4  Dublin, Bergen
    5  Bergen     1–3–0         1      -2  Cork

Winner — Ranked Robin (RCV-RR): Edinburgh
   the most head-to-head wins (3).

--- 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 (5 of 5): Edinburgh, Athens, Cork, Dublin, Bergen
   Outside (0):        —
   More than one member ⇒ NO Condorcet winner: the top of the tournament is a
   cycle, so the strongest "candidate" is a set, not a person. Which member of
   the set should win is exactly what Minimax / Ranked Pairs / Schulze disagree
   about — see 05_Ranked_Robin/01_Learn/cycle_resolution.md.
   Note: the Copeland leaders (Edinburgh) are only part of the set — the
   win–loss table's top block understates how wide the contention is.
   Ranked Robin (RCV-RR) winner Edinburgh 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