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A plurality election is simple; just count how many voters have each candidate top-ranked. It is surprising that using this elementary description to analyze the procedure quickly introduces mathematical complications that severely limit what can be learned.
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Saari, D.G. (1994). Geometry for Positional and Pairwise Voting. In: Geometry of Voting. Studies in Economic Theory, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48644-9_2
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