majorities

clay shentrup
1 min readJun 17, 2022

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say we have three groups of voters with preferences for social and economic liberalism or conservatism indicated as follows. test.

+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| % | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
+=====+=======+=======+=======+=======+
| 35% | sl ec | sc ec | sl el | sc el |
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| 33% | sc el | sc ec | sl el | sl ec |
+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 32% | sl el | sl ec | sc el | sc ec |
+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+

notice that a landslide 65% majority of voters (33% plus 32%) prefer an economic liberal to an economic conservative regardless of social position.

and notice that an even larger 67% landslide majority of voters (35% plus 32%) prefer a social liberal to a social conservative regardless of economic position.

and yet…a 68% majority (35% plus 33%) prefers a social and economic conservative to a social and economic liberal.

so when we say that majoritarianism is logically disproven, it’s really true.

here’s an even deeper examination.

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clay shentrup

advocate of score voting and approval voting. software engineer.