Unit 9, Lesson 11
Comparing Voting Systems (Optional)
Accelerated 6
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
This optional lesson continues to explore the effects of different voting systems when there are more than two options. Students explore an instant runoff voting system and compare it to the plurality, runoff, and ranked voting systems from the earlier lesson. While comparing and analyzing the results of each system, students reason abstractly and quantitatively (MP2). Students also analyze the effectiveness of the election models (MP4).
- Choose and justify (orally) which voting system seems the fairest for dealing with more than two choices.
- Compare and contrast (orally and in writing) different voting systems for dealing with more than two choices, i.e., plurality, runoff, and instant runoff.
- Interpret (orally and in writing) voting situations involving two choices, through the use of ratios and percentages.
Let's compare voting systems.
Required Preparation
None