Abstract: It has long been known that a voter can sometimes achieve a preferred election result by casting a ballot that misrepresents his or her actual preferences. Over a century ago, C. L. Dodgson referred to a tendency of voters to "adopt a principle of voting which makes it more of a game of skill than a real test of the wishes of the electors" (Black, 1958, p. 232). Dodgson went on to say that in his opinion, it would be "better for elections to be decided according to the wishes of the majority than of those who happen to have most skill at the game" (Black, 1958, p. 233).
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-05-09
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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