#1844: Voting Systems

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[White Hat and Ponytail are standing on either side of Cueball who is talking while lifting one hand.]

Cueball: I prefer approval voting, but if we're seriously considering instant runoff, then I'll argue for a Condorcet method instead.

[Caption beneath the panel:]

Strong Arrow's theorem: The people who find Arrow's theorem significant will never agree on anything anyway.

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Kenneth Arrow hated me because the ordering of my preferences changes based on which voting systems have what level of support. But it tells me a lot about the people I'm going to be voting with!


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