Fair Elections
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The fair way to decide an election between two candidates a and b is majority rule; if more than half the electorate prefer a to b, then a is elected; otherwise b is elected. Arrow’s theorem asserts that no fair election procedure exists for choosing from among three or more candidates. This note gives an exposition of Arrow’s theorem. It also describes the relation of election procedures between two candidates to Dedekind numbers.
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