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This paper examines effects that alternative voting systems can have on electoral outcomes in multicandidate elections. Using ballots collected from a county Republican Party special election, we recount the votes using preference-based voting systems and compare the results to the special election outcome. Relative rankings of candidates change across vote counting rules and voting systems. Because candidates trade places depending on rules, there are strong strategic implications for candidates and for those establishing the rules.
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Yonk, R., Simmons, R.T. & Johnson, D. Trading places. Public Choice 146, 341–351 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-010-9593-x
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