Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)
- ISBN-10
- 0809048922
- ISBN-13
- 9780809048922
- Category
- Mathematics
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-02-17
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- William Poundstone
Description
Offers a critical assessment of fundamental flaws in the American electoral system, looking at how a minor "spoiler" candidate can affect the election by taking enough votes away from the most popular candidate to tip the election to another, and proposes a simple but fair solution designed to transform the electoral system.
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