Welcome to my blog on voting methods. This has been a hobby of mine for many years. What is voting?.
Voting methods are a subject of mathematics. If you want to understand them better, you need to approach it from that point of view.
I have found that the performance of different voting systems is often counter-intuitive. It helps to use a voting simulation.
This was a leading question on my mind when I started to write my own voting simulation. Years ago, a close friend of mine shared with me how he often votes. To choose who to vote for in high offices, he does a lot of research to find someone who is scarcely-known but who seems like someone he could fully support. He writes their name on his ballot. I’ve always admired this! It shows dedication and independent thought.