MATH 1030 - Voting Project 2016

Jared Brown

Quinton Carter

Cade Norton

The Iowa Caucuses

Part I:

The state of Iowa has been using caucuses for voting as far back as the 1800s. In 1972 they were
first state to hold a Democratic caucus and in 1976 they held the first republican caucus. Caucuses differ
from a primary election because a in caucus people of your political affiliation show up and discuss the
options of candidates through a long lengthy intricate discussion and then your political party that you
are affiliated with has delegates that decide who will represent your party as nominee. Caucus are also
held on a county level. A primary election on the other hand is held at a state level. There is no long,
lengthy, intricate discussion, rather candidates just show and cast their ballots. There are two types
primary election: open election and a closed election. In an open primary election, any Citizen of The
United States of America that is an eligible voter that resides in the state of which they want to vote in
may vote for anyone no matter their political affiliation. A closed election on the other hand only allows
registered voters of the political party to cast their vote. In both types of political elections, the
candidate with the most votes from both political parties move on to the general election. Iowa plays an
important role in the selection in the selection of presidential candidates. In many states the delegates
are elected to nominate the President and the Vice President. Party members go to the polls and vote
for the presidential candidate of their choice.

Part II:
# Voters 19 6 36 39
1st B R C T
2nd R B R R
3rd C C B C
4th T T T B

B is Jeb Bush, C is Ted Cruz, R is Marco Rubio, and T is Donald Trump

i. How many people voted? 100

ii. Who wins under plurality method? Donald Trump
iii. Instant Runoff

# Voters 19 6 36 39
1st B B C T
2nd C C B C
3rd T T T B

iv. Instant Runoff Part 2

# Voters 19 6 36 39
1st C C C T
2nd T T T C

v. Who wins under instant runoff Voting? Ted Cruz

vi. Calculate the Borda Count for each Candidate.

B: 205 C: 272

R: 306 T: 217

vii. Who wins by Borda Count? Marco Rubio

viii. How many points does each candidate get using Copeland’s Method?

B: 1 C: 2

R: 3 T: 0

ix. Who wins by Copeland’s Method? Marco Rubio

x. Is there a Condorcet Candidate? Yes.
xi. If so, who is the Condorcet Candidate? Marco Rubio
Part III:

We the people of the Iowa Caucuses believe that the Nominee Donald John Trump should be
the canadine to go through. After looking at the votes it is clear that Donald J. Trump succeeded to gain
an overwhelmingly majority of votes over all of the other candidates. It is most fair that Donald Trump
becomes the nominee because a majority of votes in the most important factor in selecting a nominee
during a caucus. The other candidates did not get the most votes so they should not win. Little Marco
would have won using the bora count method even though he only received 6 votes in the 1st preferred
system, compared to Trumps 39 1st preferred method. Little Marco is a week naïve politician anyways.
Next, we have “Low-Energy” Jeb, he would have won using no methods so he just sucks. Now, Lying Ted
would have won using the Instant Run off method. This is not the correct way to count votes however
because it is using peoples secondary and even third preferred nominees, not the most preferred person
who that want to win. It is not displaying the “true vote” which it should be, in other words, it is
insincere. The only correct nominee to be put forward is Donald J. Trump. He is who the majority of
people wanted, there is no other way to put it or to justify anyone else winning. The majority rules and
the loser’s drool. To go along with that, the people voted for trump because he was and is the most
American out of all of those candidates.