election_title: Plurality vs Majority — most votes isn't more than half
scenario_description: |-
  100 voters, three candidates. First choices: Andre 40, Blake 35, Carmen 25.

  Under Choose-One Plurality, Andre wins with 40 — the MOST votes. But 60 of 100
  voters preferred someone else, so Andre has no MAJORITY. Blake and Carmen appeal
  to the same 60-voter coalition; Choose-One splits it across two names and hands
  the seat to the candidate a majority actively voted against.

  STAR scores all three 0–5, so coalition voters back both Blake and Carmen. The two
  highest totals (Blake, Carmen) advance, and the automatic runoff produces a winner
  who holds a majority between the finalists — Blake. Watch [Divergence from STAR]
  show Choose-One (Plurality) = Andre disagreeing with STAR, and the [Vote-splitting
  check] confirm the 60-vote coalition. ("Most votes" and "over half" are different
  bars; the gap only appears with 3+ candidates — that gap is where vote splitting
  lives.)

blocs:
  Coalition: [Blake, Carmen]

voting_method: STAR
num_winners: 1

ballots: |-
  Count:Andre,Blake,Carmen
  40:5,0,0   # Andre bloc — most first choices, but a minority of the whole
  35:0,5,4   # Blake base — also support coalition ally Carmen
  25:0,4,5   # Carmen base — also support coalition ally Blake

expected_winners:
  - Blake

# file: 00_plurality_vs_majority.yaml