Election Simulation Reports

These reports document election simulation results using the votesim Python package. Source code can be found on Github.

The objective of these simulations is to determine an ideal voting method to replace first-past-the-post (FPTP), or plurality, voting as practiced in the United States.

Reports

Contents:

• Simple 3-Way Election Simulations for Alternative Voting Methods
  • The Election Model
  • Election Categorization
  • Voting System Performance
  • Effect of Voter Tolerance
  • Voter Satisfaction Efficiency
• Multi-dimensional Spatial Voting Simulations
  • Executive Summary
  • 1-Dimensional vs 2-Dimensional Models
  • Increasing Preference Dimensionality to 3, 4, and 5
  • The Effect of Greater Number of Candidates
  • Conclusions
• Strategic Voter Simulations
  • Executive Summary
  • Strategy Model
  • Simulation Details
  • Example Election
  • Results
• Glossary
• Voting Method Simulations for Investigating Voter Satisfaction Maximization
  • Executive Summary
  • Election Methods
  • Election Model
  • Voter Behavior
  • Example Election
  • Results
  • References

Indices and tables

• Glossary

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page