Approval Voting in Product Societies
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Approval Voting in Product Societies
In approval voting, individuals vote for all platforms that they find acceptable. In this situation it is natural to ask: When is agreement possible? What conditions guarantee that some fraction of the voters agree on even a single platform? Berg et. al. found such conditions when voters are asked to make a decision on a single issue that can be represented on a linear spectrum. In particular, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Mathematical Monthly
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0002-9890,1930-0972
DOI: 10.1080/00029890.2018.1390370