====================================================================== SOURCE FILE: pets_gov_approval.yaml TABULATED FILE: pets_gov_approval_tabulated.txt ====================================================================== election_title: "Pets Governance — Committee by Approval (2 seats): majority again" scenario_description: |- One of six races in the Pets Governance election (BV2134, bvid kcf8vf; BV-confirmed). Same 22 voters, a 13-voter MAJORITY (Dog, Cat, Fish) and a 9-voter MINORITY (Bird, Rabbit, Hamster). This race fills a 2-seat Committee by multi-winner Approval (each voter approves their own party's pets). Bloc Approval is MAJORITARIAN: the two most- approved are Dog and Cat (13 each), both majority — the minority is shut out again. Compare with the proportional STAR-PR / STV races on the same electorate. bv_test_id: BV2134 bv_election_id: kcf8vf bv_results_url: https://bettervoting.com/kcf8vf/results voting_method: Approval_Multi_Winner num_winners: 2 # Approval ballots are 0/1 (approve = score>=3 in the parties' scoring). ballots: |- Dog,Cat,Fish,Bird,Rabbit,Hamster 13: 1,1,1,0,0,0 9: 0,0,0,1,1,1 expected_winners: - Dog - Cat # file: pets_gov_approval.yaml ====================================================================== TABULATION RESULTS ====================================================================== --- Approval Voting (2 winners) --- Tabulating 22 ballots (any non-zero score = approval). Ballots: columns = Dog, Cat, Fish, Bird, Rabbit, Hamster (1 = approve; 0 = not approved) 13 × 1,1,1,0,0,0 9 × 0,0,0,1,1,1 Dog -- 13 (59%) -- Elected Cat -- 13 (59%) -- Elected Fish -- 13 (59%) Bird -- 9 (41%) Rabbit -- 9 (41%) Hamster -- 9 (41%) Note: Dog, Cat, Fish each have 13 approvals and tie for the last 2 seats. Candidate priority order (Dog > Cat > Fish) broke the tie: Dog, Cat elected, Fish not elected. [Approval Distribution] (how many candidates each ballot approved) 66 approvals across 22 ballots — average 3.0 of 6 (range 3–3). approved 3: 22 ballots [Co-Approval Matrix] Of the voters who approved the ROW candidate, the % who ALSO approved the COLUMN candidate. | Dog | Cat | Fish | Bird | Rabbit | Hamster | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dog | -- | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Cat | 100% | -- | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Fish | 100% | 100% | -- | 0% | 0% | 0% | Bird | 0% | 0% | 0% | -- | 100% | 100% | Rabbit | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | -- | 100% | Hamster | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | -- | Winners — Approval Voting (2 winners) Dog, Cat