Election Results
Essay by 24 • November 22, 2010 • 421 Words (2 Pages) • 1,481 Views
Final Exam
We are the Populous party, and we win the most seats in every election circumstance, which is shown in the Excel Spreadsheet attached, under the d'Hondt, Sainte-Lague, Imperiali, and Modified Sainte-Lague election systems. Under each of these systems we could have gained votes and won another seat, and we could have given up some votes and not lost a seat. Those numbers are as follows:
D'Hondt: 1,802 more votes could have won us one more seat.
We would have taken it from the Socialists.
We could have given up 27,101 votes and not lost a seat.
Had we given those up the Socialists would have taken it.
Sainte-Lague: 4,526 more votes could have won us one more seat.
We would have taken it from the Socialists.
We could have given up 10,025 votes and not lost a seat.
Had we given those up the Socialists would have taken it.
Imperiali: 10,618 more votes could have won us one more seat.
We would have taken it from the Socialists.
We could have given up 8,952 votes and not lost a seat.
Had we given those up the Socialists would have taken it.
Modified
Sainte-Lague: 4,526 more votes could have won us one more seat.
We would have taken it from the Socialists.
We could have given up 15,375 votes and not lost a seat.
Had we given those up the Socialists
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