====================================================================== SOURCE FILE: pets_gov_stv.yaml TABULATED FILE: pets_gov_stv_tabulated.txt ====================================================================== election_title: "Pets Governance — Delegates by STV (3 seats): proportional 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), voting ranked ballots. This 3-seat Delegates race uses STV (the report below prints the Droop quota it applies). The majority (13) meets two quotas and the minority (9) meets one, so STV elects Dog, Cat (majority) and Bird (minority) — 2 + 1, proportional. Like STAR-PR (Bird, Dog, Fish) it seats the minority; the two proportional methods differ only on the majority's third pick (Cat vs Fish). bv_test_id: BV2134 bv_election_id: kcf8vf bv_results_url: https://bettervoting.com/kcf8vf/results voting_method: STV num_winners: 3 ballots: |- 13:Dog>Cat>Fish>Bird>Rabbit>Hamster 9:Bird>Rabbit>Hamster>Fish>Cat>Dog expected_winners: - Dog - Bird - Cat # file: pets_gov_stv.yaml ====================================================================== TABULATION RESULTS ====================================================================== --- STV / Single Transferable Vote (multi-winner — 3 seats) --- Pets Governance — Delegates by STV (3 seats): proportional again Tabulating 22 ballots (ranked ballots). 3 seats; quota = 5.50 (exact Droop, votes/(seats+1)) — 25.0% of 22. Elected at >= quota, and every surplus is measured from it. (Hand-count Droop, floor(22/4)+1 = 6, is a different but equally standard rule.) ROUND 1 Candidate Votes Status ----------- ------- -------- Dog 13 Elected Bird 9 Elected Cat 0 Hopeful Rabbit 0 Hopeful Fish 0 Hopeful Hamster 0 Hopeful FINAL RESULT Candidate Votes Status ----------- ------- -------- Dog 5.50 Elected Bird 5.50 Elected Cat 7.50 Elected Rabbit 3.50 Rejected Fish 0.00 Rejected Hamster 0.00 Rejected Winner(s) — STV / Single Transferable Vote (multi-winner — 3 seats) Dog Bird Cat --- 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 6): Dog Outside (5): Cat, Fish, Bird, Rabbit, Hamster One member ⇒ Dog is the Condorcet winner, beating every rival head-to-head. More: 07_Concepts/topics/smith_set.md