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> if there are fewer than 5 candidates, equivalent rankings can still differ for total scores

I’m having a hard time following, can you give an example?

I’m saying that Borda allows voters to give one candidate 5 points, one other 4 points, etc. and score would allow voters to give as many candidates 5 points, as many candidates 4 points, etc.



I'm objecting to the statement that they're equivalent if you forbid ties.

This is only true when you have as many candidates as score slots.


> It's only equivalent if you pick an integer scale [K, K+N] with N candidates, K arbitrary.

or [0, K], K arbitrary.

because you can give multiple candidates the same amount of support in Borda if it is 0.




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