Food-Truck Row — SNTV: the 57% majority splits three ways and gets zero seats¶

Generated from bv2210_fvg8y8_sntv_split.yaml — do not edit by hand. Regenerate: python STARVote_LH_tabulation_engine/tools_adam/scripts/build_yaml_pages.py.

Method: plurality · 2 seats · Expected winners: Donut, Eclair

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Scenario¶

One 100-voter electorate, two food-truck spots, five counts — this file is the SNTV count (choose one truck, top-2 fill the spots). The savory side is a 57-voter OUTRIGHT MAJORITY split across three trucks (Arepa 20 first choices, Bao 19, Churro 18); the sweet side is a disciplined 43-voter minority on two (Donut 22, Eclair 21). Same opinions on every ballot; only the counting rule changes: SNTV hands the majority ZERO seats (Donut+Eclair), Bloc STAR and Bloc Ranked Robin hand it BOTH (Arepa+Bao), STAR-PR and STV share them one per side (Arepa+Donut). THE HEADLINE HERE: 57% of the room is first-choice savory, but one non-transferable vote split three ways tops out at 20 — under both sweet trucks. Running MORE candidates cost the majority EVERYTHING; SNTV punishes exactly the thing healthy politics wants (more choice). The blocs: vote-splitting check lives on the Bloc STAR yaml (the engine runs it on the STAR path). Full lesson: README.md in this folder. Live on BetterVoting (Test ID BV2210): https://bettervoting.com/fvg8y8 — all five races agree with the LH engine, no genuine tie anywhere. Live results: https://bettervoting.com/fvg8y8/results

Ballots¶

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

Arepa,Bao,Churro,Donut,Eclair
20: 1,0,0,0,0
19: 0,1,0,0,0
18: 0,0,1,0,0
22: 0,0,0,1,0
21: 0,0,0,0,1

What the engine says¶

Full report from the _tabulated mirror (regenerated on every run; every analysis forced on):

--- SNTV (single non-transferable vote) — 2 winners ---
 Tabulating 100 ballots (1 vote/voter).

First-choice votes (most votes fill the seats):
   Donut     22  <- Elected
   Eclair    21  <- Elected
   Arepa     20
   Bao       19
   Churro    18

Winners — SNTV (single non-transferable vote), 2 seats:
   1. Donut   (22 votes)
   2. Eclair   (21 votes)

Run it yourself:

python STARVote_LH_tabulation_engine/starvote_larry_hastings.py method_comparisons/food_truck_row/cases/bv2210_fvg8y8_sntv_split.yaml

Food-Truck Row — SNTV: the 57% majority splits three ways and gets zero seats¶

Scenario¶

Ballots¶

What the engine says¶

See also¶