====================================================================== SOURCE FILE: bv2210_fvg8y8_sntv_split.yaml TABULATED FILE: bv2210_fvg8y8_sntv_split_tabulated.txt ====================================================================== election_title: "Food-Truck Row — SNTV: the 57% majority splits three ways and gets zero seats" bv_test_id: BV2210 bv_election_id: fvg8y8 bv_results_url: https://bettervoting.com/fvg8y8/results scenario_description: |- 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 voting_method: Plurality num_winners: 2 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 expected_winners: - Donut - Eclair # file: bv2210_fvg8y8_sntv_split.yaml ====================================================================== TABULATION RESULTS ====================================================================== --- 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)