Aspen City Council Race---Non-monotonicity Examined
June 4 The worksheet linked below demonstrates the sensitivity of the outcome to therankings of fairly smallrange of voters (70-79 voters)and their relative ranking of Jack and Michael, and three differient resulting winners.
The principle being demonstrated is that sometimes giving a higher ranking to your favorite candidate may have a negative effect on his chances of winning. (see the case of the 71 Michael voters.)
http://theredant.squarespace.com/storage/Aspen%20city%20council%20non-monotonicity_b.pdf
And the background story:
http://theredant.squarespace.com/storage/MichaelMonotoneViolation..pdf
Take the post-election survey:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2imsis1fumvwxa7/a0121fuunhl0z/greeting
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