Dan King - Sarah Lawrence College
What's Wrong with the Electoral College System?: A Mathematical Perspective
The Electoral College System, the voting method used to determine the U.S. Presidency, is complicated, confusing and, from a mathematical point of view, kind of crazy! Nevertheless, our government has perpetuated this electoral system since its nascent days of the Constitutional Convention. This presentation highlights the history and evolution of the Electoral College System, discusses its merits and faults using a game-theoretic analysis, and examines alternative voting schemes. No prior knowledge of Game Theory or the Electoral College System assumed.
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